The View from a Drawbridge

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  • We Plan, God Laughs: Our Visit to Vatican City

    We Plan, God Laughs: Our Visit to Vatican City

    I’m not the first person who has felt ripped off by the Catholic Church, and yet what we did manage to see was amazing.

  • Rome’s Bigfoot and the Sad Story of the City’s Dark Ages

    Rome’s Bigfoot and the Sad Story of the City’s Dark Ages

    Nobody knows where the rest of the statue is, or what it looked like.

  • My Response to Search Questions

    One of the nice little perks you get when blogging on WordPress is that you can see what search phrases people have typed in to find your blog. Sometimes these come in the form of questions or strange statements and I long to have the ability to contact these people and respond. Never fear. Your…

  • The Pope and Higgs Boson: Too Much God to Digest all at Once?

    So, we have a new Pope. That’s a load off. Not that I’m Catholic, mind you, but I think it’s never a good thing to have a vacancy for the position of God’s representative on earth, do you? He’s from Argentina, he’s chosen the name Francis, and he’s a Jesuit. All of these things are…

  • Doomsday Postponed: The Antidote for All This Holiday Cheer

    Well we survived the Mayan Apocalypse. Whew! What a load off the shoulders of all those doomsday preppers out there. Or is it? I mean, once you get past the feeling of being a total fool, what do you do for fun? Here’s the thing, people: the end of the world has apparently been coming…