TV Time: Finding Bigfoot. Something To Believe In
I have never worn my hair in a mullet, nor have I danced the Macarena. When the Romans went crazy over Isis, I shook my head with derision and ignored the foolishness just as I would do thousands of...
View Articlemartyrs
Martyrs are venerated above all other saints. Piety and a talent for a few convincing magic tricks or a familiar manner with animals pale in comparison to an agonizing execution carried out before a...
View ArticleAsk Alexios: Eating Your Own
Alexios, I have been married for two years. A few weeks ago my wife gave birth to our son…our first child. We weren’t trying, but we were very excited when Meghan found out she was expecting. I was in...
View ArticleTrue Love
Love. You love your children and your husband, too… but you also love pizza. Which do you love most? Who do you love more, your wife or your mistress, or is your love of football greater than the...
View ArticleAsk Alexios: Memories of Father Tom
Alexios, I went to Catholic grammar school in the 70’s. I graduated in 1978, and I haven’t kept up with any of my old friends from school in years. I don’t even live in the same city anymore. Two weeks...
View ArticleAsk Alexios: Cindy’s Choice
Alexios, I did something terrible, and I can’t get it out of my mind. I feel so guilty. A few months ago I went to do my weekly grocery shopping, and I left my thirteen year old son and eleven year old...
View ArticleReal Life/Real Death
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players…” –William Shakespeare The Bard of Avon’s wry perception was certainly more astute than the words of any politician, prophet or...
View ArticleBless Me Alexios For I Have Sinned
“Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine Meltin’ in a pot of thieves Wild card up my sleeve Thick heart of stone My sins my own They belong to me, me” Patti Smith Only days after white smoke...
View ArticleParallel Lines
I’m not a nostalgic creature who pines for yesteryear or a by-gone day. I don’t look back on any particular age with maudlin longing, but even a heartless fiend such as myself isn’t completely immune...
View ArticleHere Today, Gone Tomorrow
I’ve been away, gone, AWOL, hiding out, undetectable, secreted off to an undisclosed location, POOF! vanished without a trace. Here today, gone tomorrow. Fact is often much more mundane than fiction,...
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