"The trouble with a rat race is that
even when you win, you're still a rat." - Lily Tomlin

In observation of the noon-hour ( Read more... )

I finally have my own website.

Is there anything on it, you ask?

Well...no.

But stay tuned.....

...to joffridus.com

Was the right man named Pope? As I understand it, Ratzinger was not the Cardinals first choice. That was, interestingly, Cardinal Hans Grapje. Grapje was raised in a Catholic school in The Hague and, as a young man, aspired to become a priest, but was drafted into the Army during WWII and spent two years co-piloting B17s until his aircraft was ( Read more... )

1. What's you're favorite animated characters?
Eeyore. Wakko Warner.

2. Violence in cartoons - funny or harmful?
Sometimes funny. Sometimes inappropriate. Depends on the situation / when it's airing / who's watching.

3. Can you do any impressions?
No.

4. Would you consider yourself artistic?
Not in the sense of making art, but in the sense ( Read more... )

Today is officially the longest day ever on record.

That is all.

Well the ad-hoc "If it's not Scottish it's crrrrap Committee" of our Church (consisting, so far, of only two of us, a MacDonald and a MacKay) are planning a Kirking of the Tartans service to take place in the new year. Our rector (who ought to be a member of the IINSICC, being a Burns with Campbell blood) has already given a tentative nod to go ( Read more... )

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Friends - as promised, behind this LJ-cut are photographs of Gabriel's baptism this past Sunday. Glory to God!

( The Baptism of Gabriel Allen Mackey )

1. Have you ever been to the emergency room?
Several times.

2. What's the worst pain you've ever had?
Hard to say. Perhaps the pain I felt after my hernia operations.

3. If you could choose your doctor, do you prefer someone of the same or opposite sex?
Never really thought about it. Don't particularly care.

4. Do you take vitamins?When I ( Read more... )