Monthly Archives: April 2011

Dear Empire Carpet Guy, I hope you have gone to a better place and I wish your family and friends my condolences. For anyone who doesn’t live in the Chicagoland area, you probably have someone like Elmer Lynn Hauldren — … Continue reading →

An awesome correction in the New York Times: “A series of pictures last Sunday of covers of the magazine Tiger Beat, with an article about how the original teen-girl tabloid has remained virtually unchanged since its inception in 1965, erroneously … Continue reading →

Easter Returns, To Lighten Our Paths by Harry Mark Petrakis Last Modified: Apr 24, 2011 02:18AM [from the Chicago Sun-Times] When spring arrives each year and the waning cold and snow loosen the frozen crust of earth, Persephone returns from … Continue reading →

The Fifth Word from the cross: “I thirst.” The Fifth Word is only two words. Much earlier in John’s Gospel we read that the Feast of Booths was at hand and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. The feast commemorated the … Continue reading →

Dear Chicago Bulls, I’m not a sports guy. I didn’t play team sports as a kid and although I went to a few baseball (my Dad, who is a northsider, obviously took me to Cubs games), basketball and football games, … Continue reading →

Dear President Elect Jonathan, I wish you all the best in your efforts to govern Africa’s most populous country. I especially hope you protect my brothers and sisters in Christ from the crazed mobs, made up of the followers of … Continue reading →

Dear JVL, So I go away to Atlanta for a couple of days (more on my trip soon), and when I get back what do I find? Only that the greatest blogger in the world decided to highlight one of … Continue reading →

Dear India, Legend has it that Saint Thomas the Apostle first brought Christianity to your lands and preached to the Malabar Jews who were already there. Since that time, many brave missionaries have followed (along with some imperial heroes, like … Continue reading →

Dear Julian Schnabel, Stop using the phrase “cycle of violence” as if it was some malevolent force (I picture a giant black cloud of gas) that brainwashes Palestinian kids into becoming suicide bombers or shooting theater directors. Until you properly … Continue reading →

Dear Mr. Tingley, I read the below comment of yours over at the post called “Western secularism’s bi-polar problem with the disabled” on the Greatest Group Blog in the World and I thought that since I’m short on time at … Continue reading →