… and these Thy gifts …

Okay, so it’s biased. But still, VERY TELLING.

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What Joe and Mary Catholic Should Know Before They Vote: Justice in Pieces - Faith in Public Life by Stephanie Block

Pilate was Not a Governor

Conference examining effects of abortion on fathers held in Chicago

Snapshot: A Day Outside Tiller’s Late-term Abortion Mill

KC Bishops on Moral Responsibility, Voting

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You want the facts about Sarah Palin?

Charles Martin compiles a list here, including rumors that have been disproven, clarifications, etc., etc.

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A friend alerted me to Catholic Media House yesterday. They’ve got some of the cutest Bible videos:

See this one on Daniel. I haven’t watched much yet to give a thorough review, so check it out yourself.

Saw yesterday on this Inside Catholic article that Deal Hudson was going to debate Mark Linton on infanticide, so I tuned in to The Social Footprints of Contraception by Janet E. Smith — the most compelling speaker I’ve heard so far on this subject.

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I’ve been late compiling stuff over the weekend because we were gone, but I didn’t want dh and dd to miss these:

Sarah Palin: conservatives find the girl of their dreams

Jonah Goldberg to Palin: Hit the left-wing feminists (though I think she’s doing fine so far)

Mike Huckabee on Sarah Palin (Mike Huckabee was my personal preference before Sarah Palin showed up)

Governor Palin, from Tea at Trianon

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Obama Worried Born Alive Infants’ Protection Act Would Be Too Burdensome on Abortionists, 2002 Transcript Shows

Cardinal Egan’s Remarkable Comment About Pelosi — I’ve linked to the comment in a previous post, but I’m linking to this so you can see Deal Hudson’s comments after the quote.

Pelosi gets unwanted lesson in Catholic theology

Archbishop grabs spotlight from Democrats — Yay for Archbishop Chaput!!!

And the stuff that doesn’t usually make it to traditional media:

Pro-lifers unfurl world’s largest sign at DNC — some folks were talking Guinness

Prolife activists arrested at the DNC

2,500 Hold Vigil At New Planned Parenthood Clinic

Pro-Life Pastor Blasts Abortion, Obama at Democratic Party Faith Gathering

And from Newsweek:

The Democrats and the Abortion Wars from George Weigel

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Last night I posted a trailer for Henry Poole, but this is another that’s on our list of must-watch…

The Human Experience

Never thought I’d say this, but… so many good films, so little time… please keep them coming!!!

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this one preview first before deciding to show kids:

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I’ve just been away for a few days from my reader, and now I’m back there is a ton of catch-up reading to do.

Thank you for your prayers, everyone. The ER trip yesterday was short and sweet (3 1/2 hours, including waiting time!) — thank goodness I was not confined; just given 2 bags of fluids and sugar to give me a boost, and 2 prescriptions that already have helped tremendously. I’m still experiencing nausea, but more tolerable than the past 5 days. At least I’m able to fight it off better. It also helps that my fabulous mom is here to help out.

So anyway, enough about me… I’m here to share some links:

For Aisa, who I believe is still reading Fabiola:
from Tea at Trianon

Why Men Don’t Court Women Anymore
Comment: Southern men (US, I mean) and properly-trained Filipinos — seem to be the last remaining bastion of chivalry. I am very thankful courtship was still very much alive when dh courted me, or at least in our generation it seemed that way. In our small group of friends which included 3 other Filipino men, ALL of them courted their would-be wives. Maybe one of these days I’ll write how it was to be courted Filipino-style in modern-day America.

I am so tempted to print out copies of this and leave them anonymously all over our Parish…. (on dressing modestly for Mass)

When do we get one of these here in Ohio? Methinks a looooong while, as it’s a bit too progressive here. My response to the complainers: What, don’t you have enough anti-life pharmacies to begrudge the pro-life folks their own??? It’s not like you couldn’t drive down a few blocks to the nearest one. From what I can tell online, Chantilly, VA isn’t exactly the boondocks.

So many great crafty ideas!!! I followed the link from Kim who originally got it from Amy. Now that I have hope of having more than a few minutes each day of feeling good enough to drive and go around, a trip to Michael’s to finally stock up on summer crafty things should be just the thing to combat the kids’ summer boredom. (Tho’ not Aisa’s, who’s hoping to finish all her requirements to graduate from high school in August!!)

LOL. I clicked because I thought it was a recipe — Domenico Bettinelli is a fellow foodie — and I’m looking for some salads to round up Aisa’s graduation party menu in a few months. I got a cute story instead :).

He also wonders if one can copyright a recipe. Since this is an issue several Filipino food bloggers have had to contend with including myself — too many that we even had to put up a one-time blogging event to call attention to the problem back in ‘05 — I put in my .02.

Oh, so, so true. (on clutter)

Why Communion on the Tongue?

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On our recent short break in Paris, we saw these really cool bikes and wondered how they worked. Then today I visited C&Z, and now I know! — good to have this info for our next visit! Wish we had a similar system here! But Cincinnati is not walking-friendly (at least our area) and it is definitely not bike-friendly either.

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