We All Need Friends

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

I recently added Acts of the Apostasy and Democrazy to my “Comrades” page.

The LarryD at AofA is becoming a favorite of mine.  I first found him when he and I were both nominated for “Snarkiest Catholic Blog” at the Cannonball Catholic Blog Awards–where he ended up kicking my butt.  I hope I was a worthy adversary.  When I read The LarryD’s posts, I punish myself for not being first to spot the humor and irony that he brings to light.  I’m pretty sure he’s a genius–but that might just be because he wears glasses.

Christian at Democrazy is a conservative college student (but some conservatives might call him a librul-- ain’t politics fun!).  I wasn’t very “mature” when I was his age.  So when I found his blog last week, I was pretty impressed.

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Seven months ago, this blog was getting about a dozen hits each day–on a good day.  I still don’t get much traffic, but I now get a lot more traffic than I though I ever would because a few popular bloggers like Mark Shea and Dave Armstrong mentioned me. TheLarryD and Christian deffinitely don’t need my help to get traffic, but I’d like to do the same sort of favor that Mark and Dave did for me.  So, if any of my readers are in the position that I was in–waiting for a “big” day of receiving a dozen hits on your blog, zap me a note!  Let us spread the wealth and saturate the Internet with good Catholic blogs (like my wife’s blog, The Uniconoclast).

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Man is Not Capital

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

A Personal Exhortation To My Fellow Human Beings

Realities exist even when we don’t have words for them.  So when I discovered a word that encapsulated what I, somehow, yet vaguely, innately understood as a truth, I also knew that its finding would solidify my perception of a culture that thrives on false dichotomies.  That false dichotomy is the exhausting rat race which men, who think they are free, work as cogs in a machine that values man as only a unit of capital.

I, Tarzan, was raised by wealthy apes.  They provided for me, but I learned very little from them.  Little is learned by people who would tour poor neighborhoods as weekend entertainment–other than the ingrained instruction that capitalism is economic gospel.  Capitalism, as a word and especially as an economic theory, was a word and meaning that I simply rounded my romantic preference to, because the opposing economic theory, socialism, was apparently the only other means of understanding how the world worked.  Capitalism, the conservative’s liberation theology, works for those who claim to carry the world… and few people question the sacred cow that lays the golden calves. Continue reading →

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Stubbs Needs Our Prayers

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

Brent Stubbs does not love the Bible as much as the Bible loves him.  It is also clear that he never graduated from the First Apostolic Academy of Calvary’s Most High Redeemer Bible College (the one behind the new Walmart on Maine), otherwise, he would not be spewing such traditions of men.  Besides, the words development of doctrine NEVER appear in the Bible!

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Approved News: January, 2012

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

The paradigm-poaching truth is subject to change without notice.
•Brainless comment from Evangelical “Children’s Ministry Director”, Tracy VanVleet
•Chris Kyle:  Can’t decide if it was a bar, a speaking engagement, or a wake
•Rick Santorum happy about murdering civilians
•Catholics “Tebowing” to Jesus at a Christmas manger scene

Get more Approved News here.

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Another Non-Drug Induced Rap

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

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For Those Who DON’T Think Stupidity is Cool…

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

Here’s a video by comrade Russ Rentler:

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3½ Time-Outs Tuesday

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

The Larry over at Acts of the Apostasy is hosting 3½ Time-Out Tuesdays.  It’s just like Conversion Diary’s 7 Quick-Takes Friday, but only half as long, and nearly half as good.

I thought I’d give it go.  This installment will highlight my BC years (before Catholic) while attending Fundamentalist University (FU). I’ve got good ol’ Rahm with his 3½ piggies as a pic to give you an idea of how totally depraved I was.  As I remember my good ol’ days, I admit I’m both ashamed and amused.  I.  Was.  A.  Bad.  Man.

COLLEGE STUDENTS:  TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER NOW Continue reading →

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Where Did Everything Go?!

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

Yes.  I deleted my 60 Minute Challenge and my essay called Theo-Logic. I know a lot of my readers have linked to those posts on their blogs, Facebook, and forums.  I’m sorry, but those links now lead to empty pages.  I’ll throw some explanations on those pages soon.

I’ve decided to include most of the material from those posts in a book that I hope to present this Spring.  Since I will be writing to Catholics in this Americanist Protestant land, I hope to sell a dozen copies.

I’ll be self-publishing–a project of my little company that I use as an umbrella for all of my projects (Czars have biczarre lifestyles).  In addition to this book, I’ve been working on two manuscripts that I plan to begin publishing next year.  Because I don’t want to deal with Catholic publishers jellyfish, (another blog topic) I won’t have their marketing push, but I’ll be able to write what I want to write.  I won’t have their poindexter editors either, but my readers would probably think I’m using a ghost writer if there weren’t many flubs.

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Czar’s 2012 Predictions

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

•January 1:  I will make four New Year’s resolutions.
•January 4:  I will break all four New Year’s resolutions.
•January 8:  Pastor R.U. Reedy will sweat through another silk suit.
•February 14:  Valentine’s Day will come and go without a hitch.
•February 26:  Still, nobody will have locked the damn broom closet.
•March 8:  I will announce a blogging break.
•March 9:  I will return to blogging.
•April 17:  Harold Camping will be proved to be a false prophet again.
•April 22:  Legislation will force broom dealers to conduct background checks on buyers of brooms.
•May 5:  Legislation will force broom manufacturers to build smaller, less-effective brooms.
•June 27:  Glenn Beck will launch a new product: Bottled Dehydrated Water.
•July 2:  Harold Camping will be proved a false prophet… again.
•August 8:  Harold Camping will receive three million dollars from donors.
•September 21:  Harold Camping will die of old age.
•October 15:  Kim will force me to watch Little Women with her again.
•October 23:  So far, not one American will have made a dent in his survival food cache.
•November 2:  Zondervan will publish a “Transformers, The Movie” Study Bible.  There will be no mention of Isaiah 22 in the notes for Matthew 16.
•November 6:  Obama will win his second term as President.  It will be Bush’s fault.
•December 21:  The world does not end.

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Taking Some Time Off

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

My heart is broken.  This is my 25 month old Nougat.  Our vets are absolutely stumped. We’ve had every known test conducted, yet she just kept getting sicker; probably an immune disorder.  I had to put her to sleep today after 10 days of major care.  It might have been a mortal sin to miss Christmas Mass as I was sticking her with needles to administer IV fluids, consoling her shaking body, wiping her bleeding eyes, and praying for a Christmas miracle. Kim and I’ve been married for 12 years and have not been able to have kids, and this little girl was the closest thing we’ve had to a child–it hurts so bad. I’ll be taking some time off to mourn the loss of a soul-less creature who somehow unexpectedly seized my heart in some sort of sneak attack.  I’m not fishing for comments; just explaining why I’m taking a break.

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