Archive for January 12th, 2009

Columbia

I just saw on my Google Analytics report that I had one visit from Medellin Columbia on December 29th. Columbia is the only foreign country I’ve ever visited. This, despite living within 25 miles of Canada half of my life. I went to Bogota in 2002. That city was amazing. Everyone was carrying a gun [...]

Father Joe

Father Joe by Tony Hendra was a sweet and interesting read. I didn’t cry as several of the “jacket commentators” claimed they did, but I did thoroughly enjoy the book. Having inclinationstoward a monkish existence myself I really just enjoyed the narrative about the cloister. I also really enjoyed the commentary about the horror of [...]