Category: Catholic Stuff

A Reflection on the Life of My Uncle Jerry

  Uncle Jerry was like a second father to me. I didn’t necessarily need a second father, because I have a great Dad, but it’s a blessing when a guy (me) has many guiding hands and influences. I was blessed. My Uncle Jerry had… Continue Reading “A Reflection on the Life of My Uncle Jerry”

Thinking About Lent

Start:  8:13am. Sometimes it takes a major life event or catastrophe to snap a person out of a malaise. This past week dealt a blow to me and my family when we lost my Uncle Jerry to a massive and completely unexpected stroke. To… Continue Reading “Thinking About Lent”

Ice Shower? Yes. Seriously.

Every morning when I turn on my shower, I turn on only the cold-water. Nope. I don’t even turn on the hot at all. I’m not doing luke-warm. I’m doing ice cold. I gave up “hot showers” for Lent. Why? Because I’m crazy. And,… Continue Reading “Ice Shower? Yes. Seriously.”

I Do What Tim Ferriss Says

Because I do whatever Tim Ferriss says in his podcasts, I ordered the Mizzen+Main “Beckett” blue gingham dress shirt and used promo code ‘TIM’ and got a Henley shirt for free. And I knew I was responding to an ad. I knew it. I know… Continue Reading “I Do What Tim Ferriss Says”

More Fun

I feel like I want to go back and be a teenager, again. I want to live for the moment and for fun and for playing for hours on my Sega Genesis. Honestly. Just this afternoon I was driving around and worrying about this… Continue Reading “More Fun”

Lent …Again

I don’t even want to look back at my past Lent related blog entries. I’m pretty certain I use Lent like a little reboot of my New Year’s Resolutions and like a little 40-day self-improvement class. Funny, the priest at my Ash Wednesday Mass… Continue Reading “Lent …Again”