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Life advice from an old farmer. (Just a little something I found on Facebook I thought you might like.)

ADVICE FROM AN OLD FARMER Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. Words that soak into your ears are whispered… not yelled. Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight. Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads. Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you. It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge. You cannot unsay a cruel word. Every path has a few puddles. When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty. The best sermons are lived, not preached. Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway. Don’t judge folks by their relatives. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. Live a good, honourable life… Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time. Don‘t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t bothering you none. Timing has a lot to do with the out

Come to Christ this Advent season!

The Lying, Scheming Altar Boy on the Cover of Newsweek

Let me be clear on one point. The majority of people who come forward with allegations of abuse are telling the truth. But as this article makes clear, there are others who are profiting from gaming the system at the cost of the lives of some very good priests. Read the article for yourself and come to your own conclusions. Feel free to share them if you wish in the comment threads of this blog. The Lying, Scheming Altar Boy on the Cover of Newsweek

9 months of Pregnancy in 4 Minutes

Canadian Euthanasia Map

A movie worth seeing: 'Silence', by Martin Scorsese

Pope extends forgiveness for abortion, creates Day of the Poor: Highlight of the points raised by Pope Francis in his letter closing the Holy Year of Mercy

Pope extends forgiveness for abortion, creates Day of the Poor

An interview of Vatican commentators about this week's Consistory and the installation of the new Cardinals

Julian Clement charged with mischief, uttering death threats after wearing shirt with anti-gay message | CTV News

I oppose what this bigot wore in his shirt in the strongest possible terms. But charging him with a criminal offence for wearing it is also wrong as it raises the spectre of the Crown imposing undue restrictions on our freedom of expression. I appreciate that reasonable limits are appropriate (eg: you can't yell 'fire' in a crowded theatre) but this hardly rises to that level since no one is immediately endangered by wearing an article of clothing. Hopefully, the courts will agree that the Crown has overstepped its authority in laying this charge. What do you think? Julian Clement charged with mischief, uttering death threats after wearing shirt with anti-gay message | CTV News

‘We Couldn’t Believe Our Eyes’: A Lost World of Shipwrecks Is Found - These boat spread goods and the gospel from the Middle East into Europe and beyond

‘We Couldn’t Believe Our Eyes’: A Lost World of Shipwrecks Is Found - The New York Times

In honour of all our veterans on Remembrance Day

Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen dead at 82

Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen dead at 82 - Entertainment - CBC News

Canada reacts to last night's election results from south of the border

Canadian report looks at gender imbalance in film and TV directing

Hold on there folks. I thought that gender was supposed to be divorced from one's genitalia. So how can anyone say that one gender is imbalanced against another if gender is a 'continuum' and not a biologically determined fact? Sounds like someone wants to have it both ways: flexible (ie. personal choice) when it works in one's favour and fixed when it doesn't. After all, there cannot be an imbalance of gender in any field if the modern consensus is that gender is simply a matter of personal choice?  Canadian report looks at gender imbalance in film and TV directing | Entertainment & Showbiz from CTV News

Carpool Karaoke with two priests and a bishop.