Our immigrant neighbors have a weekly “dessert night” for the kids in the neighborhood including their grandkids and it is truly what makes America great.

There is about a month in the spring and a month in the fall when it is nice to sit outside of an evening and we’re right in the middle of the spring version.

The political factoid that I can’t believe never become a weird discourse on Catholic social media is that AOC was sworn in on an Ignatius Bible

Something that cuts across the spectrum is that whenever a pope or bishop articulates moral principles that run counter to a party’s policy, they get accused of interfering in politics by the party in question

Teaching my kid how to make carbonara (real carbonara, not that cream sauce stuff)

Oh no it’s gone completely separate

It’s obvious that the AI is ripping off the style of Jon McNaughton, who is probably the guy most likely to be hurt by AI-generated “art”

Welcome to Bluesky, the ultramontanist social media network for sharing memes about the pope.

Bishop Barron right now

Sorry, man, I am never going to watch a 45+ minute YouTube video on any topic. Just not going to happen.

Last night my oldest kid asked if we could watch Dr Mabuse the Gambler, so we did. Second kid wants to rewatch classic Dr Who soon. The nice thing about being a giant nerd who raises his kids in nerd culture is that they end up with interests that overlap with yours

When Merle Haggard sings “sometimes I write happy songs, then some little thing goes wrong” at 3:50 in this cover of If I Could Only Fly youtu.be/ZmbY3HwwXLc

How about no. Maybe 2-3 authors should be allowed and none of them are straight and male

Youngest kid has been running around the neighborhood with his friends catching lizards and snakes this afternoon

Nice

"Sunday Peace" by Hans Thoma, 1875.

Spent the day delivering mulch for our troop fundraiser. I am le tired.

I'm sorry, but this woman posting photos of her dog at a religious event in Spain and then having to frantically clarify a few days later at their "supersausage_charlie" Instagram account is something out of a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode.

A lot of people don’t seem to realize that some of the most diehard MAGA clergy in the Catholic Church aren’t liturgically trad but are the sort of guys who have suburban parishes with felt banners

"Violence does not build up the kingdom of God, the kingdom of humanity. On the contrary, it is a favorite instrument of the Antichrist, however idealistic its religious motivation may be. It serves, not humanity, but inhumanity." —Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)

People comment on the Holy Father’s appeals for peace as if unaware that contemporary warfare includes massive suffering & casualties of non-combatants. The lost innocents are not “regrettably necessary”. They are the judgment of God on us, the blood on our hands of Isaiah 1,15.

Asking myself the hard questions, such as “how much ham can you reasonably consume in a week”

Me in 1979.

Phone memories brought up a couple of years ago when there were baby bunnies at Easter.

The phenomenon of older siblings giving choking hazard food to the baby while mom isn't looking is apparently perennial. Sketch of a mother with a baby, followed by a child offering cherries to the baby, by Harmen ter Borch, 1649.

Sometimes social media seems like it functions in reactions to your posts like the audience in educational kid tv, i.e. Dora the Explorer or Blue’s Clues. “Do YOU think I should freak out about Iran? You DO?”

That particular modern book cover print coating that is supposedly “velvety” to the touch is a sensory nightmare and should be banned

I do not do this with my dog, because I recognize that Snowy is, and always will be, an annoying and yappy dog. We chose to put up with her, you didn’t.

From a junior novelization of The Phantom Menace

Can’t wait for Property Rights Sunday

Day off, doing yard work, finding out how many $$$$ the roof repair will cost.

Well. I am tired.

Read the FB comments on the USCCB’s call for peace if you want to feel a powerful temptation to despair

Servant of God Takashi Nagai, pray for us.

Just an ordinary work day today, nothing happening I need to worry about

Mother and Child by Philipp Franck, 1931.

Official US foreign policy

Must be tax return season

Happy Easter Week! For many years, Mrs. Decent Films has been urging me to digitize HAND TO HAND and share it online. Last summer I finally dug up the original artwork and had scans made—but I’ve been waiting till Easter to share it. 36 years after its creation, here it is. I hope you enjoy it!

That new Harry Potter series looks kind of dark

One of my kids is especially grumpy today and is manufacturing reasons to be mad at various siblings in a way that is extremely transparent and also very relatable in a bad way.

Queen of Hearts, 1909, by Margaret Macdonald, one of the defining artists of the Glasgow School Movement and Art Nouveau #WomensArt

Teenagers setting up the egg hunt and then watching the small kid chaos from above on the deck like decadent Romans

Since people are clearly appreciating his work, here's my absolute favorite image by Allan Rohan Crite, his stunning and deeply felt "Streetcar Madonna" from 1946

Allan Rohan Crite, "Easter Day," 1968

"Easter: The Lord is Risen" by African American artist & illustrator Allan Rohan Crite, who suffused his work with deep religious feeling and is now featured in an exhibition at Rutgers University's Zimmerli Art Museum, through late July zimmerli.rutgers.edu/art/exhibiti...

Christ Leading the Thief into Paradise by Joakim Skovgaard, 1890.

Noli me tangere by Koloman Moser, 1913.

Pretty pretty nice Easter brunch