India-Pakistan!

I need to get to this border for this show. What fun!?!

VIP Guests

So after lunch we had a brief visit from Ken Hackett and Bishop Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Harar. He was sharing thanks from the people of his area and the good work CRS does for the people in his area. Likewise he shared a story of when then Senator Obama visited as a Congreassional delegtaion on a fact finding mission about the floods in the area. What a wonderful and humble man! Pray for him and his people.

Irony in the Anchorage Airport

I took this photo when I was in the Anchorage airport. I just love the irony that in the Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens Anchorage International Airport wifi is free...albeit a bit clunky and slow. If this makes no sense to you, take a listen to this rant about net neutrality and a classic case of not getting it.

They say the world is overpopulated...

...might they be wrong?

Foreclosure Crisis

This is an interesting piece about the foreclosure crisis. Sad to watch...you have been warned!

Credit Crisis

If you needed a bit of a refresher on how the credit crisis happened...now you can know!

New President

Did I ever tell you that I met him? It was about two years ago, I was at the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in DC. I was leaving to see some friends from CRS and as I was leaving the hotel when I saw Barack. He was glad handing a few folks. I know what this feels like to have a bunch of folks looking to talk to me and I could tell he was ready to head home...it was late that night close to 10:30PM. After greeting a bunch of folks (even then he was getting lots of press) he stopped with this kid. He must have talked to this kid for a solid five minutes. Not someone he knew but still he stopped after a full day of work. I was awestruck because he took so much time with the kid. He did not know the kid, but stopped and chatted him up like he was his nephew or something, I could not believe it. One thing my photo does not catch is the time Obama was stooped down to talk to the kid (it was noisy and it helped him hear the kid). He was genuinely interested in the kid and his life. He asked about his plans for the future and how important it was to stay in school and do well...etc! I was amazed with his care for the kid. Anyway after his conversation he ran for the door and I ducked outside to say hello. Needless to say his words to me were brief. When I shook his hand I also did that thing where you grab the arm as well, all I can say is he is really skinny. Even though he had on a jacket and coat, I knew I was grabbing a bony shoulder. Anyway that was my brush with 44. Let us keep him and all world leaders in our prayer, that they will work for peace and justice for all. Here is the prayer for the President from the Sacramentary.

God our Father,
all earthly powers must serve you.
Help our President Barack Obama
to fulfill his responsibilities worthily and well.
By honoring and striving to please you at all times,
may he secure peace and freedom
for the people entrusted to him.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

Great Video

Watch this and share it with others. Let's stand up for life!

44

Looks like our President Elect is Barack Obama. Lets see what happens next. Peace

Mr. President?

So who do you think it will be? I know these are just guesses until this is all final but who do you think will be the next POTUS? Post your guess/thought in the comments section. Peace

Déjà vu

This is just too funny...at least they were both able to stay on message for all three debates. Enjoy

This is pretty good.

Henry Karlson over at Vox Nova put up this fun video about the upcoming elections and who Catholics can and may vote for and the reasons for how and why. Enjoy...

What the...who...what what???

Playing catch-up

And here is some love for all you g33ks out there...

LOLz

These folks just keep getting bigger and bigger. Here are some new LOLz for you to enjoy. Warning, if you follow some of the links they will lead to stuff you will probably find objectionable, so don't click unless you are an adult, with a finely tuned sense of humor. Enjoy

Update: Sorry about the R. Kelly graph, I must have not seen the bit at the bottom of the graph, sorry.

what happened to padrevic, well...

Ok so we have had three really full days of touring around. I have plenty of pictures to share, but Fr. Michael took my camera to his room and went to bed. So here is a run down with photos to follow, hopefully tomorrow.

Tuesday: we got up and at 'em early, 9:30ish. We went touring the Charles Bridge and Castle area. Lots of fun and a good learning experience. Can you say "defenestration", children? We spent most the morning there then went for lunch late in the afternoon. Now whilst in lunch the heavens opened up and rain started pouring down on the city and our plans to stroll around...the best laid plans, etc... Paul and Michael went to purchase tickets for our trains to Berlin. Bryan wandered around alone and I did as well, then home quickly to hotel because the rain was so miserable. Dinner was great in a wine cellar close to our hotel. We stopped by a bar for a pivo and then to bed.

Wednesday: up and at 'em early 9:59, just in time for breakfast, which was great except for Bryan who showed up a bit late and the women who was the main waiter was not pleased with him. She told him something like: No! All close now! No more! Bryan did get some food and the day was on...right after a mid morning nap. All this time we had no idea where MK was...he was off exploring the city on his own. So the whole group got out of the hotel by about 1:15 and we were off to explore more of the city. We went to Wenceslas Square then poked around the Communist Museum, quite an eye full, to say the least. We all needed some more food so of to a cafeteria for a short/long lunch. Food was okay, service was okay, tummies felt great after so a good outing. Bryan wanted to do some shoppin' so shoppin' he went. MK, PWB and I went to the subway to go out a few stops from the tourist area to see what normal people live like. I have to say I could not have lived there now, and certainly not during the communist revolt. All back to subway, I wanted a massage for my aching feet, neck and back. On Monday I spotted a Thai massage place and told them I would be back for a massage and they still remembered me, thanks to my guardian angel.The massage was great...I will post pictures as soon as I get them. PWB and MK went to try their luck at a casino. We all met back up and went to dinner at a wonderful resturant a great meal was had by all. The decor was quite nice. It did feel a bit like a Sauna, who know maybe my body is going through some changes...who knows. Anyway after dinner we stopped and had another small dessert Gellato,,,,,,mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
That was enough and we were done for the day at 10pm. Got our hotel for Budapest reserved and all were off to bed, except me. I needed to fill you all in on what is happening. I hope I have been of some help. If you need to know more just let me know. We love answering questions here. Enjoy...next time with pictures. Peacce

Ummm....NO!

RED?

Could Atlanta see Red tomorrow? Just wondering...

UPDATE:

Guess all the talk of a Red hat going south was not for Atlanta, but for Texas. Here is the full list. One from Pittsburgh got it...another didn't??? Have a great day. Enjoy

Abortion

Well Mornings Minion over at Vox-Nova has a thoughtful post about where can we go on the abortion debate. Go give it a read. Just to let you know MM is one of my favorite contributers at Vox Nova. Enjoy