I mentioned in an earlier blog post that circumstances had prevented me from attending the regular Thursday brunch with some fellow Amer...

Today being Thursday, I met with a group of Americans for a brunch of sorts. Me being the cheap bastard that I am, I always eat at home be...

As I may have mentioned in earlier post, I meet with a group of fellow Americans once a week for (usually) breakfast and conversation. Th...

In a recent posting on his blog, Village Idiot Savant 2016 , my friend Dom tells of his less than satisfying Filet-o-Fish sandwich from Mc...

They say, "Old habits die hard", and I can certainly attest to that. During the last two years of my nineteen year stint with Mo...

In an earlier post, I mentioned that the star of our St. Anthony of Padua Feast Day was the Lechon Baboy . I had taken photos, but was not...

As I mentioned in yesterday's post ,the highlight of St. Anthony's feast day for me was my finally meeting, face to face, Dom Cim...

Yesterday,Thursday,June 13 was the feast day of St.Anthony of Padua,the patron Saint of Sibulan,Negros Oriental Philippines. They really t...

Given more than one option as to when and where we would attend mass Sunday, we decided on the Sunday, 8:30 mass here in Sibulan. Our o...

It’s been six years since our last visit to Philippines; it goes without saying that there have been changes over the past few years – some...

It's been four days since I last posted - Go Ahead, Unfriend Me - . In that post, I wrote how I had "unfriended" four people...

I've just "unfriended" four folks on Facebook. Like everyone else I know, many of my Facebook "friends" are people...

On Monday , Sept.05 I posted a a link to a sermon given by Fr. Robert Barron. I actually posted this link for a particular person. Thanks ...

From Fr. Robert Barron's Word On Fire. Sermon 556: "If Your Brother Sins Against You..." : 23rd Week of Ordinary Time.

On the first Saturday of the month my wife and I will get together with a group of friends to pray a Rosary for Our Lady of Fatima. The com...

In a few hours, this year will be over. January, the first month of the new year is so named in honor of the ancient Roman god, Janus, who i...

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the Eight Commandment. 2482 "A lie consists in speaking a falsehood with the intention ...

Cathy, J.P. and I recently took a trip to Pittsburgh, PA to visit friends. More about that later. For now, I want to include a Youtube video...