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April 14, 2005

he pedals faster

Filed under: pre-06-2006 — David Giacalone @ 3:43 pm

 


spring wind
he pedals
faster

 

 

 

 

 

 




spring-like day
the cat grapples
with a catnip bird

 

 

 

 

 

 








last of the sunlight
cows bounding
downhill

 

Carolyn Hall from The Heron’s Nest (Vo. VI, 2004)


 



 




by dagosan:  






snowman’s hat

in the muddy field —

the hatless scarecrow


 

                              [April 14, 2005]

 

potluck



“tinyredcheck”  npr’s Morning Edition had a segment today (April 14, 2005) that was

inspiring — “Stanford Students Tutor Service Workers on Campus.” 

The Habla la Noche program is “a student-run organization whose

mission is to increase English-language literacy among adult workers

on campus and to create a connection between campus workers and

students.”

 

tiny check  Before he left on yet another vacation break, my weblog friend Martin

Grace was good enough to respond to our request for input on a poll

question concerning congressional veto over Supreme Court decisions. 

Thanks, to the RiskProf for a thoughtful response.  In passing, Martin

questioned my referring to the concept of “fundamentalist” Catholics.

A quick Google search for

600 results.  The phrase seems to be used by liberal-to-moderate folk to

refer to ultra-conservative (darn-sure-they’re-right-about-what-God-

wants) Catholics.



  • The nonliberal Baptist preacher, Dr. Jack Hyles said “A fundamentalist

    is one who believes in the faith and practice of the original purposes

    and doctrines of an institution.” For him:  ” If you follow the faith and

    practice of the original intents of the Catholic church, you are a fundamentalist

    Catholic and go back to [Constantine in] 313.”  If Catholicism went back

    even further — say to 33 A.D. — I might re-enlist.  




  • headline for a BBC online news article. 




  • And, Martin, don’t be so sure there aren’t Catholics who take the

    seven-day creation story literally.  I’ve met a couple.

We’re #4!   Speaking of Googling, this website has turned up as the #4

result in a number of queries that ended up on my Refer page already this

month:



how does George Globe light his grill>  #4 of over 69,000 in a

Yahoo search.

 

cafeteria Catholic>  #4 of 209,000 in a Google search

 

Debt Reduction horror stories>  #4 of 592,000 in Google Search

 

shaming>  #4 of 229,000 in a Google search.

 


The #1 result for “cafeteria catholics” is a very derogatory webpage from

ConcernedCatholics.org.   You’ll find a comparison to “lukewarm Catholics”

on the same page.

12 Comments

  1. Funamentalist Catholics don’t generate much heat! In contrast, “Traditional Catholic” had 96K hits on google and “Liberal Catholic” had 3.7 K hits on google. Even “crazy catholic” beats out “funda cath” with 2.8K hits!

    Comment by Martin — April 14, 2005 @ 5:54 pm

  2. Funamentalist Catholics don’t generate much heat! In contrast, “Traditional Catholic” had 96K hits on google and “Liberal Catholic” had 3.7 K hits on google. Even “crazy catholic” beats out “funda cath” with 2.8K hits!

    Comment by Martin — April 14, 2005 @ 5:54 pm

  3. As a man with a surfeit of academic degrees, and as a purveyor of mucho arcane language and concepts, I’m certain our RiskProf knows that lots of hits has little to do with lots of light (or heat).
    Here are a few more results from Google searches:
    “former Catholic” — 44,000
    “ex-Catholic — 19,500
    “apostate Catholic” — 679

    p.s. Were you making a funny with “funamentalist”?

    Comment by David Giacalone — April 14, 2005 @ 8:52 pm

  4. As a man with a surfeit of academic degrees, and as a purveyor of mucho arcane language and concepts, I’m certain our RiskProf knows that lots of hits has little to do with lots of light (or heat).
    Here are a few more results from Google searches:
    “former Catholic” — 44,000
    “ex-Catholic — 19,500
    “apostate Catholic” — 679

    p.s. Were you making a funny with “funamentalist”?

    Comment by David Giacalone — April 14, 2005 @ 8:52 pm

  5. No, that’s just a typical (for me) typo–I was trying to be funny with the Crazy Catholics!

    Comment by Martin — April 15, 2005 @ 1:06 am

  6. No, that’s just a typical (for me) typo–I was trying to be funny with the Crazy Catholics!

    Comment by Martin — April 15, 2005 @ 1:06 am

  7. The text was good, but i stil cant find the play ipdates. looking for it dude.

    Comment by Joe Fuentes — July 22, 2005 @ 10:02 pm

  8. The text was good, but i stil cant find the play ipdates. looking for it dude.

    Comment by Joe Fuentes — July 22, 2005 @ 10:02 pm

  9. A heap of wheat, says the Song of Songs
    but I’ve never seen wheat in a pile :)
    did you like it?

    Comment by Peter Jackson — July 23, 2005 @ 5:13 pm

  10. A heap of wheat, says the Song of Songs
    but I’ve never seen wheat in a pile :)
    did you like it?

    Comment by Peter Jackson — July 23, 2005 @ 5:13 pm

  11. Nice one, but what about der weg ? anywya, congrats from me.

    Comment by Richard Davis — July 24, 2005 @ 6:29 pm

  12. Nice one, but what about der weg ? anywya, congrats from me.

    Comment by Richard Davis — July 24, 2005 @ 6:29 pm

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