I think some of our friends in blogland are wondering if Nihil Obstat is a sour-puss. A blog created to point out typos and grammatical errors on Catholic blogs certainly sounds sour. Add that to the fact that “Nihil” is anonymously published and there’s plenty of room for conjecture.
Here’s a possible profile for Mr/Ms/Mrs/Dr Obstat, created by drawing on my recollection of several X-Files episodes.
N. Obstat is middle-aged with a small paunch developing around the mid-section because of time spent reading this book.
N. Obstat has a very old cat likes to curl up in inconvenient places like the kitchen counter, the bathroom sink and N. Obstat’s mousepad.
N. Obstat’s medicine cabinet contains 7 different kinds of analgesics.
In spite of post-graduate degrees at prestigious New England universities, N. Obstat pronounces the word “idea” as “idear” and the word “pudding” as “puddin”
N. Obstat rejected an invitation to join “Mensa” because the group is too hebetudinous.
N. Obstate raises his/her pinky when drinking a beverage.
N. Obstat does not listen to music because it would be too relaxing and enjoyable.
N. Obstat has been known to kick small dogs with his/her sensible shoes when no one is looking.
N. Obstat once slapped a student who defined irony as “a place where it’s real hot and men make fences that are real costly”
N. Obstat decided to make the blog because it would be too complicated to keep up on the theological aspects of Catholic blogs with one called “Imprimatur”
That’s all for now. Except – I’ll be happy to withdraw this information once the cloak of anonymity is removed.