I didn’t want to break this daily blogging streak and miss a day, but as a husband, father, and son my priority is Mother’s Day. A lesson to remember every day: keep your priorities straight.
The Learning Log
White Working (or Non-Working) Class
Too many young men immune to hard work. Good jobs impossible to fill for any length of time. And a young man with every reason to work—a wife-to-be to support and a baby on the way—carelessly tossing aside a good job with excellent health insurance. More troublingly, when it was all over, he thought something…
Pray Like A Child
“Though I’m quite unworthy, I love to say the Divine Office every day, but apart from that I cannot bring myself to hunt through books for beautiful prayers. There are so many of them that I get a headache. Besides, each prayer seems lovelier than the next. I cannot possibly say them all and do…
Book Launch Month vs. Book Launch Week or Day
It seems to be common practice to pick a book launch day or launch week to concentrate all of your activities around the release of a book. Indeed, this was a philosophy I subscribed to for the launch of my first few books and many of the book launches I helped plan. I heard Tim…
Campaign Signs
With yesterday’s local primary election, there have been a lot of campaign signs in yards and on billboards everywhere you look. Almost all of the signs followed this format: NAME FOR [OFFICE] The only other distinguishing characteristic, if there was one, was their political party. They are playing a game of numbers. The person with…
