Christian Pipe Smokers

Going to bed with you two very much in my prayers.
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Thank you! Life is a joyous, heart-rending, confusing mess on the verge of catastrophe at any given time and I can use all I can get.

Blessings upon all of your houses.

Well, I've got to admit I'm touched. Thank you for your overwhelming kindness.

I could only see what was on the screen allowed to strangers and look forward to catching up on all of you.

I'm a right-handed competitive shotgunner. It turns out that shooting 10k or so rounds a year takes its toll, mostly in the form of bursitis in the left shoulder. At the moment, I cannot move my left arm and I'm a red head with all the genetic pain tolerance of my people. I'd really appreciate a pra...

None of this is a good thing. I cannot imagine for a moment that a Palestinian mother weeps any less nor any differently over her dead child than a Jewish mother weeping for the loss of her own child. Pick sides all we want, the only hope for that region is the only hope for all of us: the peace, ho...

Still has to be Silent Night. Last evening we were downtown Port Neches for the lighting of the town's Christmas tree, before which the high school choir, which includes our granddaughter, was singing. Afterward we were walking back to our car while a small group was singing Silent Night from the s...

+JMJ+ […] "Magister" means "teacher." Your usage implies that the sacred teaching authority of the Church applies to the Vatican's regulatory authority as well, and it don't. It just don't. […] Although this is true inasmuch as there's no "one true regulatory policy" —...

I just got Ritashamed. Last night I made mention of the need for 'us' to reduce our non-essential spending. I may or may not have suggested she bears some of the responsibility. A few minutes ago she walked into my office to show me what she'd just found in a closet she's cleaning. Pointing out the...

Daddy God. It hurt to even write it

I would like to apologize to JimVH for my profligacy. Now I need to find a second because, as Jim pointed out, the smart play is to carry one in each pocket for balance.

Thanks a lot, Jim.