I had a really good conversation with Jeff last night about political theory and the virtues of justice and mercy. His basic question was whether mercy should have anything to do with the actions of the state. As we are wont to do, we ended up on some pretty fun tangents. My question? Whether or not there will be armor and weapons in the ( Read more... )

I really do apologize that it's been so long since I have made any updates. I've just been "at home" doing the usual "at home" thing--staying up way too late, playing indoor soccer games, hanging out with Kenny and Philip, hanging out with John and his friends, and sleeping waaaay too much ( Read more... )

Praise God! Jeff was accepted to the Dominicans of the Eastern Province. He found out today. He'll be in a novice class with Jim Brent and Chris Cordell, *and* Justin is also out there (he joined the Dominicans last year). First thing I said was, "I am so jealous!" Jealous for the wrong reasons, of course--of all the people to be in a ( Read more... )

That's all.

Ick.

That too.

Anyone who is awake is strongly encouraged to say a prayer for me. Thanks :)

I think one could expect a lot more journal postings by me over the summer. This isn't a promise to deliver, but it just occurred to me that the majority of my postings are about school work, because the only time that I'm bored enough to write journal entries is when I'm up late at night working on a paper. It is also when Katy is gone or when ( Read more... )

Yeah, that's the ticket ( Read more... )

But I guess I shouldn't apologize for that, since I'm updating my journal right now. Perhaps I should instead apologize for not having, up to this point, updated my journal in quite some time ( Read more... )

Well, it's been a busy couple of weeks for me. First the March for Life trip to Washington, D.C. That was quite a bit of fun, but it was also (as usual) a rather sobering trip. As I suppose it should be ( Read more... )

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The two of us are going to watch a movie. I have no class tomorrow, but she has to get up for class at 11. I've missed her like crazy, and she is such a sigh for sore eyes :)