#1
even non-catholics have sudden urges to cross themselves when they learn that we're about to have our fifth and sixth children. what's up with that?
#2
it's tougher'n my aunt's fried okra to find a vehicle that seats eight. cars tend to jump from seven to fifteen seats. what's wrong with you people?
#3
homosexual activists have hijacked the rainbow. the "we're here and we're queer" crowd cloaks itself in a rainbow flag ... was using a symbol of God's promise supposed to be provocative?
#4
some people think salmon and caviar are acceptable lenten cuisine. doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose of abstinence?
#3
homosexual activists have hijacked the rainbow. the "we're here and we're queer" crowd cloaks itself in a rainbow flag ... was using a symbol of God's promise supposed to be provocative?
I have often thought that we need to do two things: first, come up with a black and white symbol that is catchy and reminds people that there are such things as good and evil, then to retake the rainbow in such a way that they will not bother with it anymore. Let them keep the "=" as it is easy to explain to folks that it means "sodomy = Hell"
Symbol warfare! I am definitely fer!
#4
some people think salmon and caviar are acceptable lenten cuisine. doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose of abstinence?
Probably, unless you are in an area where salmon is abundant and is eaten regularly (Alaska, Northern California, Pacific Northwest). Caviar is pretty hard to see as anything but a luxury food, though (unless we are talking about lumpfish roe or tobiko which, while yummy, are not rare indulgences). Perhaps these things are good for those times when you have something to celebrate (like a birthday), but then it goes and falls in Lent, so you have some special food, but tempered for Lent (believe me, I find it very hard to think about a celebration without pork products, even if you give me caviar on whipped creme fraiche on toasted brioche, served with an ice cold Budweiser, which is the beverage that the Good Lord intended to go with caviar).
#3. Hey, I want to take back the word "gay" so that when I read my old novels there is not a psychic disconnect when the characters say things like "we had a gay old time" and "she was very bonny and gay."
#4. Yes, there is something wrong with spending more on a Lenten meal than you would on an ordinary time meal. That's why we eat a lot of beans and pasta rather than fish.
the honda pilot seats 8
2005 Honda Odyssey mid-level seats 8 (EX? Not sure what the letters are.). It seems more spacious than the Pilot. The base model and the high end models don't have 8-psgr seating. We like the one we recently bought. Vehicle Stability Assist is std. with these; AWD not available.
2004 and 2005 Toyota Siennas also have 8-psgr option. Not worth it in my opinion to go with a used 2004 for the price tag. Better to go with a new one considering the used price on an 8-psgr. AWD is an option with these.
Also, Chevy Astros and GMC Safaris seat 8 as std. I believe the current model year is the last run for those vans. They won't be made any more. BTW, they're RWD. AWD is avail., but still runs RWD when not in AWD mode.
Fresh salmon is a luxury, but canned salmon is inexpensive and makes a base for a quick lenten meal. Thursday, I took a 15 oz can of pacific salmon (about a dollar) and chunked it up, stirred in 2 cups mashed potatoes, some celery and onions, a couple eggs, some crunched up crackers and seasonings. Melted butter/oil in a pan, glopped about a tablespoon each of the salmon mixture into patties, fried till brown on each side. Served with chunked cooked carrots (fresh) and peas(frozen). You can do likewise with tuna.
I have a huge collection of various canned seafoods that my kids gave me for Christmas, so I am trying to use them up in creative ways. Last night I made pasta with olive and anchovies. Cooked up a pound of thin spaghetti and dressed it with a home created mixture. Took a can of anchovies in oil, chopped them up with some mixed olives (green, kalamata, black, and oilcured) and some capers, a little lemon juice and some fresh-pressed garlic. Was very good - maybe next time I will sprinkle some feta over the top.
I am looking for simple things to cook with ingredients that are already in the house.
from cars.com - 8 passenger vans
Pontiac Montana
The Dodge Durango seats 8. But person #8 sits in the middle of the front bench seat (there is a seatbelt). Back when my kids were smaller and we drove them and their friends around, I preferred to put #8 in the third seat (double-belted). Not an issue anymore.
Our Ford van seats 12 and we love it for our 6 (soon to be 7) kids plus us. It's not ENORMOUS like the 15 passenger ones with the big bubble butt in the back, but there's enough extra space for leaving space between kids (Halleluia!) and packing all our stuff for family trips.
The "salmon and caviar" question is the whole reason that the regular Friday observance of no meat was made optional. The bishops recognized that some people were finding loopholes without living the intended "big picture" sacrifice. So they allowed people to give up something else instead. Too bad that it got interpreted as "Friday is just like all the other days now."
...first, come up with a black and white symbol that is catchy and reminds people that there are such things as good and evil....
We're all over that.
At our house at least the salmon is croquettes (of the canned variety) and the caviar is of the Texas variety (black-eyed peas).
I have told this to several of my friends recently and I truly think it applies here.
Where I go to church, we have a substantial number of the Travelers who descend upon our parish during Advent and leave shortly after Easter. Some people call them Tinkers, others Gypsies (though true Gypsies have been long extinct). The are often loud, take up all the parking, and the young girls and boys have absolutely no manners whatsoever when it comes to the Consecration or even not cutting in the Communion line. I think the thing that gets most of us is the provocative dress that the young teenage girls sport. it is often navel baring, the miniest of all mini's, and the deepest of all v's leaving very, very little to one's imagination.
For all that, I really do believe that these are probably good Catholics. I use them as my spiritual barometer. If I can't ignore it them maybe I should adjust my attitude before I approach the alter of our Lord. That's not to say that I don't wish they'd be a little quieter or more properly clothed, but because my own behavior (though less flamboyant) makes me head to the confessional, not anyone else's.
I should also note for the record, I consider myself a pretty lousy Catholic a lot of days.
though true Gypsies have been long extinct
Huh?!? I know a few Rroma who would quibble with that.