Thank you! Tonight I finally sat down and read all your sweet comments from my SOS post last Tuesday. Most of you can relate to my issues, a...
Focus on Film Noir: Barbara Stanwyck
Three films of legendary star to be screened at Noir City 9 Her childhood has been called Dickensian and the rags-to-riches trajectory of he...
Western Spirituality, Aelred, Special Loves and Honoring
What’s Western about Western Spirituality? The key figure, in my judgment, is today’s saint, Aelred of Rievaulx. Eastern Spirituality, for a...
Tying The World Together
Today I have been involved in a mission that felt quite ordinary, humble. But an old friend put a grander label on it this week, a label tha...
SOS: I just don't care
Yesterday I was talking to a friend at work. She's someone I've known for over twenty years, in different jobs at the same company. ...
Christian Speech And The Arizona Shootings
Having heard a lot of confessions, some as a priest, some as a lawyer, I am rarely shocked by words. But I was taken aback by something I he...
Questions…Answered!
Hello friends! Please don’t disown me for being a bad blogger! The past week has been nuts! I’m pretty sure I put in close to 60 hours at wo...
No Loss, But No Gain Either!
I'm not exactly SUPER thrilled to be reporting that I had no loss this week. However, J & I did take a trip to Charlottesville, VA,...
Focus on Film Noir: Warner Home Video's Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 5
Released by Warner Home Video in 2010, Film Noir Classic Collection, Volume 5 is a four-disc showcase of eight double-featured films, a sa...
Choosing your hard
Losing weight is hard. Being fat is hard. Choose your hard. This isn't an original thought of mine, but I love it. Someone at my Weight ...
A return to sanity
I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever make peace with food. Today was suppose to be day number four of eating 1200 calories. My averag...
NOIR CITY 9 - Schedule announced for 9th annual San Francisco festival
The ninth annual San Francisco film noir festival, Noir City 9, will run from Friday, January 21, through Sunday, January 30, at the histori...
Interpreting Reality As World Making
It is fashionable in some circles to say we make our own lives with our attitudes. Whatever we are like inside manifests in our outer circum...
Allan is right, this is REALLY hard
I'm participating in Allan's Phase 4 challenge , well, at least I'm trying to do it. It's not that easy. He says it gets bet...
This was a very tough day
After 25 days of vacation I went back to work today. It's hard for me to get back into the swing of things after a long weekend. After a...
Tiiiirrreeed!!!
Hey all!! First of all I need to say thanks for all your sweet comments on my bump and the support! You all are just too sweet! I just can’t...
Post Holiday Weight Gain
I started the holiday off right with a 2.6 lb loss! I was happy and motivated! But alas, I was at home at mom and dad's, and that is ne...