Cpl. Frank Buckles is the last surviving U.S. World War I veteran, and today is his birthday.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/31/world.war.one.vet.memorial/index.html?hpt=T2

Sorry for the website being down the past week.  I had been on my canonical retreat in preparation for ordination to the diaconate starting on the 12th, which seems to be the day the problems started (judging from a sudden decline in visits starting that day).  As far as I can figure out, there was some incompatibility between the old version of WordPress I was running (2.8.4) and the web server.  When I upgraded WordPress to version 2.9, everything started working again.  I’m figuring some change was made to the web server by my hosting company, and that’s what started the incompatibility since WordPress 2.8.4 had worked fine in the past.

Today at breakfast my companions and I were discussing the Eastern Catholic Churches.  The topic of the Jesuits came up because there are Eastern Catholic Jesuits.  I was informed that they have their own hierarchy that is independent of the Latin Jesuit hierarchy.  If the Latin Jesuit superior general is the “Black Pope”, does that make the Eastern superior general the “Black Patriarch”?

This is amazing!  This LEGO robot uses a light sensor to scan in a suduko puzzle, then it solves the puzzle, and finally it writes in the answers.

Take note, everyone.  The following is banned from any marriage I witness:

[Biretta tip: American Papist]

[Biretta tip: Matt of the Holy Whapping]

Afterthought Cards

This business sells cards for the two to three weeks after the holiday for which they are intended.  The idea is that there are lots of people (mostly guys) out there who constantly forget to buy cards before a holiday.  This store is for them!  Afterthought Cards never sells cards before a holiday, but rather buys up the excess cards from mainstream card stores (probably at a discount since the holiday has occurred) for later sale.  Thus, our cards never point out that they are late; they function just like the real deal.

Some time ago I was reflecting on the fact that there aren’t too many groups of nuns these days who make things like the burse I ordered last summer. That’s when it occurred to me that I could found an order of nuns dedicated to making cool looking liturgical things. I would call them the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing. They would, of course, be cloistered since I’m figuring that being cloistered would make their work even more grace-filled.  The rule of the order would be based on that of St Benedict.  That way, the rule is already written and it saves time in organizing the order (plus St Benedict’s rule is awesome).  Their habit would also be Benedictine-based, and they would wear a chaplet of St Benedict.  Their habit would also include a sewing kit attached to it.  They will have perpetual adoration, and there will always be at least one sister sewing in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament.  The convent would also have Mass exclusively in the Extraordinary Form.

Does this mean it will be Islamic in name only?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520450,00.html