Teaching the Young

"Never tell a young person that something cannot be done. God may have been waiting for countless centuries for somebody ignorant enough of the impossibility to do that thing."

- Anonymous

'The Simpsons' & Catholicism

Last night I was watching The Simpsons and the story line caught my interest in a way it normally doesn't. Homer and Bart find interest and begin to convert to Catholicism!

Bart was blamed for a mishap at school and was thus sent to Catholic school for a "tougher" schooling experience. What happens instead is Bart finding a new faith.

Homer, in an attempt to "save" his son from the conservative Catholic church goes to the school to argue with the Priest and upon arrival, discovers their pancake night. After rounds of pancakes and a lot of jibber-jabber, Homer too begins a new path of faith in the Catholic church.

Ok, did I like this episode because people were becoming Catholic? No!

A lot of false things were of course spoken about Catholicism and true things were made to sound bad. However, Protestants were equally "bashed" thus making this episode entirely stereotypical of all Christianity.

The show ended pretty much with Bart stopping fighting between the Catholics and Protestants by making all of them aware of the things they all shared. That being the message that Christ is Lord!

I'm not sure what season this show aired or anything, but I was thoroughly entertained and deep thoughts were provoked as well.

Oh, and for anyone who may have an interest in becoming a Catholic, I think Homer put it best when he said, "Once you go Vatican, you can't go back again."

Wrong!!!

This is one of those funny emails I received and felt the need to share with all who may stumble upon this blog. It's decently funny, kind corny... It's cheap entertainment...

Two medical students were walking along the street when they saw an old man walking with his legs spread apart.

One of the students said to his friend: "I'm sure he has Petry Syndrome. Those people walk just like that."

The other student says: "No, I don't think so.. The old man surely has Zovitzki Syndrome. He walks just as we learned in class."

Since they couldn't agree they decided to ask the old man. They approached him and one of the students said to him: "We're medical students and couldn't help but notice the way you walk, but we couldn't agree on the syndrome you might have. Could you tell us what it is?"

The old man said: "I'll tell you, but first you must tell me what you think."

One of the students said: "I think it's Petry Syndrome." The old man said: "You thought.......... But you are wrong."

Then the other student said: "I think you have Zovitzki Syndrome." The old man said: "You thought.......... but you are wrong.

So they asked him: "Well, what do you have?"

The old man said: "I thought it was GAS......... but I was wrong."

Violet Goddess

This is a painting of my beautiful Lissa. It was painted by her mother off a photograph she took of Lissa. I think this painting captures Lissa's beauty to the fullest! My gosh she's GORGEOUS!

I love this woman... I get lost in her eyes and this painting doesn't help me find my way out at all...

A Priest's First Mass

Here's a little something that was sent to me a few years ago.

From what I can tell, it came from http://www.funforwards.com


A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the monsignor how he had done. The monsignor replied, "When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass. If I start to get nervous, i take a sip."

So the next Sunday he took the monsignor's advice. At the beginning of the sermon, he got nervous and took a drink. He proceeded to talk up a storm. Upon his return to his office after mass, he found the following note on the door:

1. Sip the Vodka, don't gulp

2. There are 10 commandments, not 12.

3. There are 12 apostles, not 10

4. Jesus was consecrated, not constipated

5. Jacob wagered his donkey, he did not bet his ass.

6. We do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late J.C.

7. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are not referred to as Daddy, Junior and the Spook.

8. David slew Goliath, he did not kick the shit out of him.

9. When David was hit by a rock and knocked off his donkey, don't say he was stoned off his ass.

10. We do not refer to the cross as the "Big T"

11. When Jesus broke the bread at the last Supper he said, "Take this and eat it for it is my body." He did not say "Eat me."

12. The Virgin Mary is not called "Mary with the Cherry."

13. The recommended grace before a meal is not: Rub-A-Dub-Dub thanks for the grub, yeah God.

14. Next Sunday there will be a taffy pulling contest at St. Peter's, not a peter pulling contest at St. Taffy's.

New Laptop / Random Stuff

i just need to do some random blogging. I'm sitting here upstairs in my house in a chair. did you need to know that much detail? No, but I felt the need to tell you anyways only because I feel it could make what I say next have a little more meaning.

I recently purchased a new laptop that I am typing with right now. it's nice. It's a dell, it's my 2nd laptop to own and it's my first laptop that came with wireless internet capabilities already installed. No more purchasing a special card to insert into the laptop to make it wireless. No, this thing was ready to go and picked up the wireless connection in my house literally as soon as i turned the thing on.

I know a lot of you are probably like, "what's so exciting about a laptop with wireless internet? I've been using one forever!" Well, I'm sorry i'm so late getting into this game, but for me, not having to use a long cord to connect to the internet is kinda nice and i'm excited about it.

I think it's taken me 20 minutes to write this much because of a distraction I call TELEVISION.

I can't pause live TV at my house. I thought about recording a TV show a while back and realized I would need a VHS tape to do it... so I'm still old school enough right now.

The point of this whole blog was to tell you that my name is Adam and I think it's a good name for me. It says a lot.

Water and Beer Education

WATER......
It has been scientifically proven that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli bacteria found in feces, in other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop! However, we do not run that risk when drinking beer because alcohol has to go through a distillation process of boiling, filtering and fermenting.

WATER = Poop
BEER = HEALTH

Free yourself of Poop, drink BEER!!!

It is better to drink beer and talk shit than to drink water and be full of shit. There is no need to thank me for this valuable information, I am doing it as a public service.

Have a nice day...

Slow Me Down

SLOW ME DOWN
Slow me down, Lord, I am going too fast;
I can't see my brother when he's walking past.
I miss a lot of good things day by day;
I don't know a blessing when it comes my way.

Slow me down, Lord. I want to see
More of the things that are good for Me
A little less of me and a little more of you,
I want the heavenly atmosphere to trickle through.

Let me help a brother when the going is rough:
When folks work together life isn't so tough.
Slow me down, Lord, so I can talk
With some of Your angels.
Slow me down to a walk.

I'm Not... And That's Okay!

Here's a little something for people of all ages to read and realize and follow.

I'm not the smartest.

I'm not the best looking.

I'm not the funniest.

I'm not the strongest.

I'm not the fastest.

I'm not the most thoughtful.

I'm not the most humble.

I'm not the most helpful.

I'm not the most selfless.

And... that's okay.

If I only concentrate on what I am not, I'll never know or share who I really am, and I'll never discover who I am capable (through God's grace) of becoming.

God is forming me each day. I am a work in progress.

And that's a good thing to be.