My family and I have become involved in Honor Flight, a system of flights being run from various places around the country for the purpose of bringing WWII vets to Washington, DC so they can enjoy the WWII Memorial and other monuments erected in their honor. With our WWII vets entering their 90’s and, frankly, [...]
So, do you take “coo-pon” to go buy a case of “pop” or do you take a “cyoo-pon” to go buy a case of “soda?” And does your dessert contain “car-mel” or “care-ah-mel,” “pee-cans” or “pee-cahns?” This interesting item shows you where in the country the pronunciations and terms usages like this are used. Is [...]
Enjoy this day but remember, too, what the day’s about. Dear Lord Jesus and Mary, Mother of God, Hold all these brave souls in the palm of your hand, comfort them and their families. Send angels of protection, love, and comfort to all the service men and women still at war, bring them home safely [...]
One of my new favorite, easy-to-make dinners for the family is a hearty black bean & salsa soup and fresh-baked bread. The soup, which you can do on either the stovetop for faster prep time or (my preferred method) in a slow cooker, goes like this: 1 (15 oz) can of black beans, 1 (15 [...]
I received an e-mail recently from a helpful reader who pointed out a broken link on a previous post (something I’ll be posting a bit more on, here, in just a moment) and I wanted to both call out her kindness and pass along the update. The post was actually one of HoodaThunk?’s all-time largest [...]
This past holiday season we traveled to my Mom’s house to celebrate Thanksgiving. We almost managed to get the whole family there but 1 branch of the tree had to be somewhere important. We have a new member of the US Navy in our family, now, and we are all just incredibly proud of her. [...]
Today I paused with my fellow Americans to recall the attacks 11 years ago that changed things so much. Anger may have dropped to a simmer and pain faded to the ache of an old injury, but remember I do. I offer prayers for our fallen countrymen and women, their families left behind, the members [...]
While the concept is hardly new, I have been amazed anew at the very aggressive practice by our colleagues on the left to devolve any matter of disagreement to a matter of hate. One need not look very far into political discourse over the last, say, 12 years to see that the typical pattern on [...]
As I was driving to work yesterday morning I listened to the early news reports about the Aurora, CO massacre. When I got to my desk I pulled out my phone and put a quick update on my Facebook wall saying: Just heard about the Aurora, CO shootings this morning. I know it’s tempting to [...]
( #kelo #eminentdomain ) The result of the Supreme Court’s supremely wrong decision in the 2005 Kelo v. New London decision was the notion that the state possessed the power to “condemn” your land, force you off of it, and hand it over to some other private entity who made promises to make use of [...]
