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Mark Shea posts Spring and Fall, one of my favorite poems of all time. Yay, Hopkins! He does a body goooooooooood.

Okay. Yeah. I need some sleep.

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{insert way cool post about awesome 21st birthday, the trip to salem, my brother's birthday, my super-cold, not getting carded, and the gorgeously huge book of beatles scores -- complete with pictures and sweet ninja moves}

..... frigging computer!

Apparently, St. Charles Borromeo is the patron saint of apple orchards. Who knew? His biography will not bore you, I promise. Here, I'll give you a sample:

"Due to his enforcement of strict ecclesiastical discipline, some disgruntled monks in the Order of the Humiliati hired a lay brother to murder him on the evening of 26 October 1569; he was ( Read more... )

For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might;
thou, Lord, their Captain in the well fought fight;
thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

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New and improved from the Franciscan Archive! "Completely revised" (says the website) with parallel Latin text -- it's lovely! Read it!

Saint Bonaventure, Prince of Mystics, pray for us.


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Because I know this quiz is right up your alley, sweetheart.

Average
Your life has been 32% difficult.

Based on your family, money, political context, and personal situation -- during the important years of your development -- it appears your life was AVERAGE. What does this mean?

Well, the "difficulty" of your life is a measure of how ( Read more... )

Why not procrastinate for a few minutes more with yet another useless quiz... And really, haven't you always wanted to know my "Lover Style"?

The Liberated Lover
77% partner focus, 90% aggressiveness, 70% adventurousness

Based on the results of this test, it is highly likely that:

You prefer your romance and love to wild and daring rather ( Read more... )