Now that Mardi Gras just passed, and today is Ash Wednesday (Feb. 18), we now must fast on Fridays, according to our church's philosophy.We here in Acadiana are not just Catholic - there are many denominations that make up this region.But it's now time - for Catho- lics - to ...
In grade school, I rocked Iron Maiden while being scolded by Catholic school teachers for doing so. It didn’t stop me. Through highschool, I proudly had their posters in my locker. It didn’t matter that Maiden weren’t hip with the cool kids. I was never cool, and never really int...
I certainly hope to return to Sarge’s one day, but that didn’t stop me from ordering a Custom Combo sandwich with three different meats: the excellent pastrami (on top), its underrated cousin corned beef (in the middle), which was equally great, and rolled beef (the darker meat on ...
Meat’s slice:Some of my favorite records ever have been “concept” records.Operation: Mindcrime,Misplaced Childhood,2112,Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes From a Memory,El Corazon; to name just a few of many. When it comes toThe Elder, my one sentence review of this album would simply be:Some ...
to explain why she had bought my sandwich. I really didn’t care why, but it gave me a few minutes of her special attention, so I was quiet as she explained. She told me that she was a Catholic(天主教徒) and Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays, they ate fish on Fridays....
Indeed. In other news, Osama bin-Laden urged Americans to convert to Islam or die. Since forcible conversion has also been afavorite tactic of the Catholic Church, I believe this constitutes definitive proof that the Islamicist terror brigades are in thrall to the vile Papists of Rome, as wi...
A Catholic Church on a Mekong Island We can imagine how easy it would be for Viet Cong infiltrators to hide out in the Mekong Delta. Aside from the dense cover, even the river and tributaries are filled with meandering bunches of water hyacinth. According to Hai, the Viet Cong would ofte...