After the Christmas Vigil Mass, Colleen and I relaxed with a 2006 bottle of Samichlaus Bier. I’ve set a few bottles of this once-a-year release aside each year since 2006, and decided Christmas Eve was a good time to break out one of the oldest….

I wish all of you a joyful and blessed Christmas season. May the blessings of God be upon you today and throughout the year. 

Birthplace of Jesus, Church of the Nativity, BethlehemPhoto by C. Turley, August 2010

And it came to pass, after…

The frothy mug o’ beer was another gift from St. Nicholas.

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“Just give me plain baby Jesus lying in a manger Christmas!”

Amen Stanley! Christmas already has a theme, let’s stick with it.
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I’ve mused about the ring of steel previously, but this takes it to a new level.

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Anti-Catholicism has been called “the deepest-held bias in the history of the American people.” Recently, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, one of the top U.S.-born clerics in the Vatican’s Sacred College of Cardinals gave an interview in which he …

Virginia’s Nelson County, home to Devils Backbone, Blue Mountain, and Wild Wolf breweries will soon be home to a new cidery and brewpub. GoDanRiver.com has the story:

A Danville native plans to open Virginia’s first cidery and brewpub. 

John W…

The classic Batman opening, redone with Legos.

Glad they didn’t try to recreate Julie Newmar’s character. Some memories are better left alone.

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I found this too late for this year, but I am putting it on my “to do” list for Advent next year!

H/T to The Ironic Catholic.
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Will Americans be as gullible as the Brits where?

The gun-grabbing politicians in the U.S., and their supporters, are no less dishonest than their British counterparts. Be forewarned.

I wonder how the disarmed citizens in Great Britain will make …