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  • Saturdays are for errands & cleaning.

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    September 7,2024
  • End of an era.

    Sunset over a highway
    September 6,2024
  • Philanthropy FTW! The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Just Distributed 5,000 ‘Caution Wet Floor’ Signs To Some Of The Slipperiest Places In The World - Clickhole

    the Gates Foundation has made it their mission to “slash global slipping rates in half, if not eradicate slipping entirely”—a cause inspired by Bill’s own experience slipping on a waxed floor at Microsoft headquarters while running towards a computer he wanted to turn on.

    September 4,2024
  • Catholic Husband

    Cloak - Catholic Husband

    We imagine grandeur in every action of God, and they are. But in His majesty, God chooses the simple. A piece of humble cloth, wrapped around us, is all that’s needed to protect us from the gravest danger.

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    September 2,2024
  • Study: Crows Intelligent Enough To Steal Trinkets, But Foolish Enough To Think Material Goods Will Solve Problems - The Onion

    Goertz revealed that their findings had also indicated several species of crow were capable of mimicking human speech without understanding that sometimes it’s best to just sit back and listen.

    August 29,2024
  • Trump Props Up Trapper Keeper Around Campaign Plan To Prevent Kamala From Copying - Babylon Bee

    According to sources, a representative from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) gave Harris a stern warning and told her to get back to work. Kamala Harris’s eyes darted quickly back to her notes — a blank piece of paper with the heading “My Presidential Plan” written at the top.

    August 28,2024
  • Kamala Explains 93% Of Staff Quit Because They Couldn’t Handle The Joy - Babylon Bee

    “They quit because they are literally overdosing on joy,” Harris explained. “Almost no one on earth can stand being around this much joy for more than a few weeks. It’s my cross to bear.”

    August 26,2024
  • Catholic Husband

    Hints of Fall - Catholic Husband

    As I perceive the first hints of fall, my mind gets back into that higher level thinking. It’s nature’s way of reminding me of the coming winter, and how quickly my life is progressing. The best time to live my best life was last summer; the next best time is starting today.

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    August 26,2024
  • Philosopher’s Friends Constantly Pitching Him Ideas For Dilemmas - The Onion

    Honestly, everybody thinks they can be a philosopher, but just because something metaphysically resonant happened to you doesn’t mean it would make a good dilemma.

    August 21,2024
  • The goal of evil is to divide, separate, isolate, shame, destroy.

    The goal of Christ is to heal and unite, to harmonize in love.

    And that’s the great battle that’s always underway.

    - Fr. Boniface Hicks, OSB

    August 20,2024
  • I’m ‘bout to have a good day.

    August 20,2024
  • Catholic Husband

    Drift - Catholic Husband

    St. Paul advises prayer without ceasing, and what better way to drift off to sleep than to spend the day’s final moments of consciousness with the God who made us and the saints who so deeply loved Him.

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    August 19,2024
  • My favorite morning sky.

    Sunrise colors on high altitude, wispy clouds
    August 16,2024
  • The End Of His Prime: This Man No Longer Has The Fertile Imagination And Boundless Creative Energy To Build His Own Subway Sandwich And Has To Order From The Regular Menu - Clickhole

    “Let’s face it, building your own sandwich is a young man’s game, and I’m just not young anymore.”

    August 15,2024
  • After Two Weeks With Kamala, Tim Walz Announces He Has Signed Back Up With National Guard And Requested Deployment To Iraq - Babylon Bee

    Though leaving the ticket after only two weeks, campaign staffers report that Walz actually set the record for the longest time any person has ever worked with Kamala.

    August 14,2024
  • Taliban Holds Parade In Honor Of Kamala’s Achievements In Afghanistan - Babylon Bee

    “We could never have become this strong without Kamala Harris,” said Taliban spokesterrorist Hassan Al-Samir. “Though we were once a rag-tag band of goat herders causing trouble in the mountains, we are now a fully equipped military force. Thank you, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. You helped make us what we are today.”

    August 14,2024
  • Reading

    Currently reading: Shadow of Doubt by Brad Thor 📚

    August 13,2024
  • Ruled By Fear: This Man Irrationally Refuses To Fly Despite There Being Almost Zero Chance He Would Ever Wind Up In A Sixth Plane Crash - Clickhole

    Accidents like the five that have befallen Semple are so rare, in fact, that it’s actually far more likely that he’ll be struck by lightning than it is that he’ll once more hear that now-familiar whine of an aircraft he’s on plummeting from the sky.

    August 12,2024
  • Catholic Husband

    Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - Catholic Husband

    It’s easy to think that the end of the world that Jesus promised is some far off date, and unlikely to happen in our lifetimes. With so much to focus on here, now, today, not taking a moment to pause to comprehend the magnitude of this event is easy. The song brilliantly reminds us of the virtue of fear of the Lord. We will experience this great last battle, and if we are on the right side, it will be a time of complete joy.

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    August 12,2024
  • Taylor Swift Jet Launches Retaliatory Strike On ISIS Stronghold - Babylon Bee

    At publishing time, sources revealed Swift had already begun writing an upcoming song to take further revenge on the terrorists.

    August 11,2024
  • Catholic Husband

    Contagious - Catholic Husband

    Their happiness is contagious. Adults deal with serious and weighty things, but when you adapt the worldview of a child, the simple pleasures of live become visible once again.

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    August 5,2024
  • Can’t Be Good: The Bus Driver Is Currently On A Zoom Call, Not Like A Friend Catch Up Or Anything, Like An All-Hands Meeting For An Entirely Different Job - Clickhole

    She just shared her screen to show everyone else a spreadsheet and now she’s going on and on about P functions, which has to be illegal if you’re also driving a bus full of 25 people.

    August 3,2024
  • I’ve spent the last four years putting together a pretty awesome knife collection. I’m thinking about challenging myself to carry a different one each day and review it here on my blog.

    Hinderer XM-18 3.5 with horsehead titanium scale
    August 2,2024
  • It’s been a long nine days.

    August 2,2024
  • Catholic Husband

    Magnet - Catholic Husband

    No matter where I go, they curiously pursue me. Sometimes they have an ask, something that they want. Other times, they literally follow me to the other room with their activity and establish a new base of operations.

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    July 29,2024
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