[Forest Keeper]

Now THAT'S what I call a quality rant. :) It was a pleasure to read.

[markomalley]

To whom it may concern,

Please stop pinging me to this thread. I stopped following the thread several thousand posts ago. The posts to which I am pinged, featuring long, well considered, arguments are serving to only clutter up my “pings” list. While I would love to address points, I am so far out of sync with this thread that I would have to read over 100-200 posts in this thread just to get up to speed enough to make an intelligent comment. I simply don’t have the time to do so.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

In Christ,
markomalley

[Mad Dawg]

LOL!

I need to get a job writing that kind of stuff. Speech writer for inarticulate conservative academics.

After I wrote it I went to sleep fearing it was too harsh, so I'm relieved and delighted that you enjoyed it.

It was St. Thomas Aquinas day. Two of my 'sisters' made their first (3-year) promises to the Lay Dominicans and we received 8 novices, all of whom are delightful and a few of whom are intimidating theologians ... and YOUNG -- in their 20's. (Some lay groups have a tendency to what I think of as the "lace doily" approach, so it's nice to see some younger people involved.)

So I was giddy.