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  • Misty morning.

    Mist over a field
    November 15,2023
  • ChetCast

    Episode 256: Origami

    Some of my students have enrolled in an elective.

    November 14,2023
  • South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott Suspends Republican Presidential Campaign - WSJ

    Scott’s exit follows the departure of former Vice President Mike Pence who left the GOP field last month after also struggling to gain traction.

    A positive sign that the mistakes of the 2016 primary won’t be repeated.

    November 13,2023
  • Catholic Husband

    Breaking Faith - Catholic Husband

    Throughout Church history, there are many periods when the Church falls into disrepair, and the responsibility to right the ship falls to those outside of the highest echelons of authority. As the ironies pile up, one of the most clear examples is the life of St. Francis himself. Constant reform is the way of the Christian life, and it falls to the vibrant religious communities and the laity to rebuild God’s Church. We find ourselves in need of a new St. Francis to repair the inestimable damage wrought by Pope Francis.

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    November 13,2023
  • Pope Francis Fires Bishop For Being Too Catholic - Babylon Bee

    “Bishop Strickland had the incredible audacity to actually teach the Catechism of the Catholic Church,” said Cardinal Robert McElroy. “Like, even the really unpopular parts about gender and marriage. That stuff is so - how did the Pope say it - ‘backwards and out-of-touch’!”

    November 12,2023
  • Cain Calls For Ceasefire After Killing Abel - Babylon Bee

    “It’s time to put a stop to the senseless violence,” said Cain as he checked Abel’s pulse to make sure he was dead. “Everyone can lay down their weapons now!”

    November 12,2023
  • ChetCast

    Episode 255: Benedict Press

    A new business opened up this summer and ChetCast has the exclusive!

    November 11,2023
  • First Knife Mod

    After nearly four years as a collector, I finally completed my first knife mod.

    Benchmade Bugout in a knife tray

    Benchmade Bugout with Fat Carbon Nebula scales

    This Bugout was the first knife in my collection, bought two weeks before COVID hit. I hated the FRN scales and so I almost never carried it. Now it’s going in my display case with my other favorites.

    I love this Nebula pattern, but it’s hard to find on US-made knifes. These scales were made in Wisconsin, so the Bugout remains a fully USA made knife. In addition to the scales, I swapped the screws for Flytanium titanium screws.

    November 11,2023
  • Pope Francis Fires Conservative U.S. Bishop - WSJ

    The cardinal’s statement on Saturday said that the Vatican investigation had been “an exhaustive inquiry into all aspects of the governance and leadership”

    Pope who lets Chinese Communist Party appoint its own bishops fires bishop for poor governance and leadership.

    November 11,2023
  • Catholic Husband

    Love the Path - Catholic Husband

    Every step of a marathon is not a joy, but crossing the finish line always is.

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    November 6,2023
  • Catholic Husband

    Foretaste - Catholic Husband

    Life is not easy, and in moments of stress, exhaustion, and temptation, failure is the path of least resistance when we lose sight of where we’re aiming. There’s a forever of calm and peace waiting for us if only we choose it.

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    October 30,2023
  • Catholic Husband

    A Job Well Done - Catholic Husband

    No matter what your role is in the division of labor, if you’ve done your best work and helped others, then that’s a job well done.

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    October 23,2023
  • Fed to Propose Lowering Debit-Card Swipe Fees - WSJ

    A section within the 2010 Dodd-Frank law called the Durbin amendment gave the Fed the power to set caps for banks and other financial institutions with $10 billion or more in assets.

    This rule killed debit card rewards and pushed consumers into the more harmful credit card products. I wonder what this round of market distortion will yield.

    October 17,2023
  • Palestinian Lives Matter, Except to Hamas - WSJ Opinion

    Blaming Israel for these civilian casualties amounts to denying the Jewish state its right to self-defense. It means that Hamas can launch attacks on Israel with the goal of slaughtering women and children, but Israel can’t attack Hamas in Gaza because civilians might be unintentional casualties.

    October 17,2023
  • Nobody for Speaker of the House - WSJ Opinion

    What kind of an idiot mutineer takes over the man-of-war, tosses the captain overboard, and then spends two weeks pulling ropes at random, hoping like hell that the thing will somehow drift ashore before the supplies run out?

    October 17,2023
  • Catholic Husband

    Fresh Start - Catholic Husband

    We get so few fresh starts in life. When they do come alone, it’s best to seize them.

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    October 16,2023
  • Automakers Have Big Hopes for EVs; Buyers Aren’t Cooperating - WSJ

    Still, many consumers are reluctant to make the switch, deterred by high sticker prices and the inconvenience of driving a vehicle that has a limited range and needs regular recharging.

    No one could’ve seen this coming.

    October 15,2023
  • Steve Scalise Quits House Speaker Race - WSJ

    More than 150 lawmakers from both sides of the aisle managed to come together for a brief moment of unity in the evening at a vigil held on the Capitol steps for the victims of violence in the Middle East following the terrorist attacks in Israel.

    Where were the other 385 clowns?

    October 13,2023
  • Catholic Husband

    Every Single Thing - Catholic Husband

    I’ve had to physically touch every single item that we own, and decide on a new place to store it. We grow numb to the magnitude of our property, to the amount of stuff that resides inside our four walls. We have everything we need, everything that could make us comfortable, entertained, even productive.

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    October 9,2023
  • Beautiful ending.

    Pink sunrise in the clouds
    October 3,2023
  • Pope Francis Softens Vatican’s Ban on Blessing Gay Couples - WSJ

    The pope suggested that such blessings should remain an unofficial practice, writing that such exercises of “pastoral prudence in certain circumstances need not be transformed into a norm.” 

    Counterfeit sacraments.

    October 2,2023
  • Catholic Husband

    Natural Conclusions - Catholic Husband

    Everything in my life is about to change, as we set off on a new adventure. As I look back and the years that we’ve been in our current town, I start to see the good in things again. Those ordinary moments that shaped our family, the progress we made in taking care of our home, and the business that I’ve grown all take on new meanings for me.

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    October 2,2023
  • ChetCast

    Episode 254: C90GT

    At the airport, from inside a plane.

    September 29,2023
  • We still haven’t solved extended power outages.

    September 25,2023
  • Catholic Husband

    Bend, Don’t Break - Catholic Husband

    The only way to succeed each day is to inject plenty of flexibility. There may be an “ideal” time to get something done, but there are also plenty of other acceptable times, too.

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    September 25,2023
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