Last week, I rode 18.48 miles

i have been writing about the virginia supreme court decision with a certain amount of analytical detachment but if i’m being honest i’m also fucking furious i took the time to go vote and then my ballot got tossed out by these dipshits

It doesn’t do to get het up in advance, but it’s an indication of DEEP SPIRITUAL DISEASE that the patriotic song sung in American Catholic churches on/around Independence Day is rarely, if ever, the Battle Hymn of the Republic

I think women should get reparations over the SCOVA Virginia redistricting thing

Masculine scents have to be capable of murder or war and feminine scents have to tell women that flowers are preferable to them. Everyone is doing great and it’s not weird.

happy wednesday to all who celebrate

Last week, I rode 2.51 miles

reaching the point of lil’ cold recovery where I want to exercise but can’t yet

It’s a pretty consistent pattern: as anxiety about gender ratchets up, interpretations of what women are and do get narrower and narrower. Which, imho, lets concupiscence rule over theology. It’s also a bummer.

I miss the president not being an obvious misogynist

4yo: what happens if you shoot a bow and arrow into a black hole? me: I don’t know 4yo: is that because you’ve never been an astronaut or taken a bow and arrow into space?

the God who inspired scripture to say we should become like little children is also the God who knew the Jesus Loves Me song (complete with hand motions) and I think that’s beautiful

a weird thing about all this happening as you're in your thirties is that you have "is the world actually collapsing and all hope for a brighter future lost, or am I just no longer 25" moments and you aren't really sure of the answer

Canon law fundamentalism should be a thing we name and make people feel sad to commit. Friend, I’m sorry, a lot of these laws are formalized prudential judgments informed by theology and context, they can’t do this weird thing you’re saying they do. So stop it.

Ironically I think healthy Christianity would be a very good substitute for what people are seeking when they turn to woo. I just think there is a big shortage of healthy Christianity nowadays

i’m not saying god designed us wrong but he did have to make some design trade offs, and luckily we can use our big ass head advanced intelligence to develop medical interventions in response

I want either a nap or a big coca cola

picked up two @herreidjohn.bsky.social recommendations today

The Working Virgin by Vicente Cutanda Toraya, 1897

Last week, I rode 0.0 miles

a lot of people who aren’t from louisville don’t realize this, but all those guys are riding horses. none of them are running. it’s pretty obvious once you see it in person

St Joseph! He’s a good dude. The Holy Family as depicted by Allan Rohan Crite.

(Blue no matter who, but profanely)

A big issue with them as academic institutions is that, rather than letting Catholic thought and spirituality as inspirations for academic work, they take the Catholic tradition as a set of conclusions that then acad work should be fitted to support

It's so true! It is funny how we do this (almost) every time we want signal to everyone around how Catholic we are, we basically mean "my version of Catholic that is pure, beautiful, and not subject to any accountability from the wider communion"

Conflating Catholic education and ideology is… not great.

honestly it's so good to hang out with friends who also don't have their shit together

I can't believe it's NFP week already

The 4yo is watching hockey with me. So far I’ve discovered that she can recognize the penguins on sight and thinks the bench is the same thing as the penalty box eg “there are a lot of people in time out”

toddlers will really pee on your computer charger and act like it’s your fault

Ah, playoff hockey. How I love thee

who up giving themselves brain damage reading casti connubii

Will you defend our American way of life by making sure that the streets are safe enough for kids to ride their bikes to school?

Being a man is so different

Your mental illness is a complex but neutral condition. MINE is a punishment for weakness of character. That’s where we differ, you and I

there's something really nice about tidying an area and then telling the robot vacuum to clean that area while I tidy the next area, etc. emotional support cleaning buddy.

Last week, I rode 12.51 miles

raising kids is like watching the “reaping/sowing” tweet happen five times a day

beautiful inning of baseball happening rn

pediatric physical, speech, and occupational therapy all in one space that accepted insurance including medicaid

I shouldn’t be. I shouldn’t! But I am the idiot child perpetually amazed that nobody meant what they said when they told me about it.

trump take pregnancy tests

“And in reality, I believe there are much greater, more important issues, such as justice, equality, freedom of men and women, freedom of religion, that would all take priority,,.”

My endless campaign to point out that this thing where Catholics use “orthodox” to mean “holds certain positions on matters of sexual morality” is an ongoing theological catastrophe

Staten Island traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck blasting through school zones or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. The truck belongs to James Giovansanti, who lives and works there as an NYPD officer. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/t...

avoiding violent conflict with your next door neighbors is very easy. you be polite, helpful, bring each other food or drink once in a while, and eventually at a statistically significant rate your kids get married. it is basically delayed-blast Stardew Valley romance

Developing a complex 34-point plan to combat burnout and executive dysfunction

comparing augustine, bonaventure, and ratzinger’s discussions of grace and eschatology in the context of Genesis

Ok (From Ryan Burge)

Captain it's Wednesday