I think Bad Religion said it best when they said:

live again, live again
would you give it all up to live again?

OK, so I didn't move it by myself. Turns out that the radiator is not 200 lbs, but closer to 400. I'm pretty sure that I still could have moved it by myself, but it would have involved both my brutishness and a clever strategy .. not to mention a lot of time. Instead, I asked my buddy Big Tom to help me. We rigged up a sling and a carrying bar ( Read more... )

trust

and on a completely different note: look down / and show / some mercy if you can

It takes talent to sing on-key, but it takes even more talent to sing off-key and make it sound good .. it also usually requires being accompanied by a trombone.

To my Julian calendar brothers and sisters out there:

Christos Anesti!!!

Not too long ago, I got involved in a faith-works discussion. I have slowly come to a realization about the whole issue and I think I summed it up pretty well in a comment I just made:

It's like the faith-works controversy. The source of the controversy is this notion that the two can be separated. As soon as we put faith and works in a framework ( Read more... )

CNN is reporting:

habemus papum!!!

But *who* the pope is has yet to be seen.

The Holy Father has passed. We are confronted again with joy and sorrow .. sorrow for ourselves and joy for him.

Eternal Rest grant unto him O Lord
And may the Perpetual Light Shine upon him.

Tomorrow I will be venturing up into our bell tower and ringing out the 6th and the 9th hours. I think this will be the first time our bell has been rung liturgically in over 30 years.

My dad is giving me an awesome gift for my birthday this year: he is flying my brother out to see me.