PAINT!

2 walls....3coats of kilz..everyone but the twins kicking in.

Wow... I could actually learn to tolerate this place!

Our BIG comfy couch

Alrighty, friends. My "piggy bank Guardian Angel" has been hard at work the last week.

We now have an off-white leather (yay!!!) sectional.

The kids said, "There's a seat for all of us! And Grammy, too!"

Sean mapped out the tv-watching section, the book-reading section, and the "think I'll have a quick nap" section. :D

What a cool find, thanks to a good friend who has started a very interesting new business.

Our road should be in a whole lot better shape mid-May.

Hopefully after that, you'll come have a cushy seat on this Davenport-sized davenport :)

One last post....

It's just too bazaar for words.  I mean, I was expecting Loreena McKennitt or Enya... when suddenly...

Yes... it's Celtic Metal.  Forgive me, please!

But then again, who'd think that this irish lad could sing "Brown Eyed Girl?"

Indeed... "no white man sings like Van Morrison!"

Catholicism and Intelligent Design...

When I first wrote about intelligent design (ID for short), I had read a wonderful article in the NYT written by Austrian Cardinal Schonborn (an editor for the modern catechism).  He made a few mistakes though - and perhaps was caught up in the crossfire.

Thus, Father George Coyne of the Vatican Observatory responded.  Whereas Schonborn attacked neo-darwinism for it's atheistic bent, Coyne replied that darwinism isn't beholden to athiest philosophy.

He makes the interesting point, as first intuited by Cardinal John Newman, that "the theory of Darwin, true or not, is not necessarily atheistic; on the contrary, it may simply be suggesting a larger idea of divine providence and skill.”

But, in a bazaar turn, Fr. Coyne then goes on to discredit Intelligent Design.

It all turns around the differing definitions of "Intelligent Design."  Catholics, by and large, were initially supportive of the term and found it's apparent co-existence with darwinism to be refreshing.  But Christians at large, had seen the terminology in a different light - that of a literal, fundamentalist meaning.  In other words, Creationalism.

Now, a documentary film by Ben Stein has been released.  "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" is a cute ditty which goes on a rampant attack against neo-darwinism.  With a showcase interview of Richard Dawkins (who himself made fun of Lourdes in his showcase "The Root of all Evil") Ben Stein serves revenge up cold.  Poor Dawkins...

And thus, Intelligent Design has been kicked to the side of the road for vultures to pick at.

But where have we gone with all this?  The fascinating term "Intelligent Design" is now lumped with "water powered engine" and "free energy machines."  A great idea co-opted into disgrace.

Fr. Coyne sums it up like so: Intelligent Design diminishes God into “an engineer who designs systems rather than a lover.”

C'est la vie....

A Prayer---Simple Soul

Eddi Reader is incredible. I post this here for my recollection.



Lyrics here

UPDATE: Prayer Need Remains Intense

Please continue praying for the intentions of the Donahue Family.

Here is an audio link the homily from Theodore's funeral. (Text Here)

Here is a video, so you may see for yourself the sweetness which has gone out of this world.

Why I LOVE Apple

Awesome Tools!!


As we begin heading toward research projects, we seek tools to make the process as stream-lined as possible for the children.

CD found Scrivener.

It is AWESOME!

A lot of folks we know won't buy from Apple because they are linked to several pro-"choice," anti-natal agencies.

Who isn't?!?! (I know... Dell has the best track record. Not what I'm looking for)

I would really, really like my kids to be able to express themselves clearly, beautifully, and with full impact as simply as possible.

Nothing I ran into in the Windoze world came close to Apple.