quick prayers

| April 30, 2007

Please pray for my little ones for the next hour. They got hold of some snail bait, and we’re not sure how much they ingested, if any. Poison control said if there is going to be a problem it will happen in the next hour. Thanks. Update: It’s been a little more than an hour […]

Note to Hypertot

| April 20, 2007

The car in the next door neighbor’s driveway is there because it belongs to him. I don’t care how much you like cars, please resist the temptation to open other people’s cars and play with their steering wheels.

Monkeytot

| April 20, 2007

(She’s Hypertot’s little sister, who just turned 1 this month.) Monkeytot: yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.Me: Oh yeah?Monkeytot: Yeah! Tomorrow is my Carmelite meeting. Yaaay, grownups!

Note to Hypertot

| April 19, 2007

I hope you understand now why putting Kix into your nostril is a bad idea. In case you were wondering, Cheerios would be just as uncomfortable. I wouldn’t recommend trying. Also, please take my word for it: putting an onion peel up your nose really isn’t going to make it “feel better.” I promise.

How Many Angels Don’t Dance on the Head of a Pin?

| April 19, 2007

When we think of the infinite we think, of course, of God. But when we think of God, it can be easy to forget to think of half of the infinite. God is all-powerful; God is all-loving. Maybe God can make a rock so heavy He cannot lift it. (I like to think He can, […]

Carmel Sundae — the Discussion Group

| April 3, 2007

Well, it’s official: either this blog is a hit, or I’ve let it get to my head. Either way, what it means is that now there’s a discussion group for readers and others. This is to allow for more extensive discussion than a comment field generally allows, and to encourage a feeling of community. Topics […]

Bombeck and Feminism

| April 3, 2007

I’m reading a biography of Erma Bombeck, which expresses Erma’s attitude about women’s rights like this: “The problem with the women’s movement is that it’s been too elitist.” Erma meant that the leaders of the movement had usually been women who had never been housewives, had never had children, and, in some cases, had never […]