Been having technical difficulties at home for almost a month now. The fan on our laptop went kaput, causing it to overheat quickly and shut down. Then our Blu Ray and streaming player went out. Got that fixed fairly easily with a google chromecast and a cheap new DVD player. Just last week caved in and bought a new laptop after Bobbins and I unsuccessfully tried to fix the old one. Bobbins actually got it working again, cleaning out the fan, but popped the keyboard in the process. I'm currently backing up the old machine to an external hard-drive. We should be back to full speed shortly, after vacation.
In the meantime, here's some quotes I enjoyed recently. From the Catholic Sun's article on the canonization of John XXIII:
"In reply to a reporter who asked, 'How many people work in the Vatican?,' he reportedly said: 'About half of them.'"
"He once wrote: 'There are three ways to face ruin - women, gambling, and farming. My father chose the most boring one.'"
"A Vatican official told the pope it would be 'absolutely impossible' to open the Second Vatican Council in 1963. 'Fine, we'll open it in 1962. And he did."
From a review of Marriage and Civilization: How Monogamy Made Us Human, a new book by William Tucker:
"Tucker closes the book by posing a question: Will we honor marriage or will we create a 'kind of state polygamy where women congregate around the major source of wealth--the government--while men slink off into their separate quarters to pursue a fading warrior culture--played out this time on video games?' Will we honor the most noble aspect of human nature--one that doesn't come 'naturally' but requires work and rules to make us flourish?"
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