Author: John Schultz

Update on the Australian Fencepost
This is just sad and stupid. So this whole thing started stupid and ended stupid.

Running out of time
I was praying the rosary on my way to work and started to think about time, and how much time I’ve wasted in my life. And I started thinking about death, and how in the grand scheme of eternity we are all very close to death. It wasn’t a sad or morose thought, just realistic – the acknowledgement that there’s much to do and so many opportunities to love that we need to take advantage of before our time is gone. Might be a good theme for a homily since so many of us value comfort and complacency over charity…

Orthodoxy riled over ‘St. Rasputin’
A bitter rift has opened in the Russian Orthodox Church over a campaign to canonize Rasputin and Ivan the Terrible.

St. Blog’s and Beyond
“Good Catholic Music” – the expression of “De Gustibus.” How many of you can hmm all those hymn tunes?
Hurl alert: Chocolate-flavored beer.
Could be good. Could be bad. I bet bad.
Another Hiatus.
I hope to meet this guy sometime.
Would some care to make a Pro-War Cartoon?
Minions, underlings and lackeys – unite under the banner of Marcus Sheavillicious!

Snow today
12:41am – I woke up because a cat was walking on my face. I thought it was 2:41am and saw there wasn’t too much snow. I was disappointed. Got a drink of water and realized it was only 12:41 and was happy because it was supposed to snow all night.
4:52am – Both cats are dancing the cha-cha at the foot of the bed. I kick them out of the bedroom. I notice there’s lots of snow.
6:31am – I rise, feed the ungrateful cats and pour coffee. There’s 6+ inches of snow on the ground. I email a couple of clients I was supposed to meet with and let them know it’s not going to happen. I read Fr. Pat’s morning prayer meditation. I bring my wife some coffee.
7:10am – We’re out in the snow with our big black dog. She loves it. Teresa says, “The snow is dry and powdery!” and she fires up the leaf blower and starts blowing the snow off the driveway. That doesn’t work so well, but she manages to clean off the cars and the walk way on the side of the house. I start shoveling.
8:25am – I’m still shoveling. The snow plow has been down the street 10 times and I’m now tempted to run down the street waving a $20 bill: “Mr. Plow! Help a brother out!” I keep shoveling. I have a long driveway.
9:02am – I’m finished shoveling. I realize I should get to work because the streets aren’t bad. I take a shower and go to work.
4:21pm – I decide to leave work since the temps are dropping and it’s real quiet since all of DC is at home with the Swiss Miss. On my way home a get a little salmon to cook for dinner.
6:45pm – Teresa is still working. I start cooking. We eat and clean-up.
7:30pm – It’s finally time to play in the snow. We get snow outfits on and let the dog out. It’s dark but we don’t care – we’ve got a big long hill in the back yard and the dog loves to chase the sled. We made big, deep tracks in the snow and almost got the dog to drag the sled back up the hill.
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It’s now almost 9pm. Teresa is asleep on the bed, the dog is crashed out under the bed. The cats are sleeping in an undisclosed location – they need to be rested so they can be ready to eat at 3am.