February 27 saintlist

     Saints Peter Damian, Margaret of Cortona, Polycarp, and Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, and Blessed Sebastian of Aparicio, around this time of the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. XXXV: "Fonky Thang, Diamon' Rang"

     Tonite we have the Dells, not with "Funky", but adding an "o" in place of the "u"------"Fonky Thang, Diamon' Rang":

     Funk it up!

Trump University--like I was saying

     MSN, Marco Rubio came out swinging at Trump, and one punch really landed: Trump University.

     Ably "predicted" by yours truly yesterday.

     Superstar!

Trump loves the poorly educated

     USA Today, Donald Trump loves the 'poorly educated' — and they love him.

     Does that mean people who went to Trump University? Just asking.

February 20 saintlist

     Saints Cyril and Methodius, Claude de la Colombière, Bernadette Soubirous, and Conrad of Piacenza, and Blesseds Luke Belludi, John of Fiesole, and Jacinta and Francisco Marto, and Seven Founders of the Servite Order, please pray for us.

RIP Harper Lee

     CNN, Harper Lee, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author, dead at 89.

     BL has covered Harper Lee before, see Go Set a Watchman and the Law: or, Scout, Calpurnia, the Supreme Court, Race, Sex, Parenting, and Conscience, and Folx want refund for Go Set a Watchman.

     RIP H. Lee.

Funk nite at the BL pt. XXXIV: Funky Scalia (and Bob Dylan, and Noto. RBG)

     About the only thing one could find for "funky" and "Scalia", cruising the Interwebs, is this, from a Fabio Scalia, "How to create a funky and edgy up do":

     ...But for those who want more than an up do (not that there's anything wrong with those), but Antonin Scalia actually singing by his funky self, check out Reuters, GINSBURG: Scalia burst into a Bob Dylan song the night after the big gay marriage ruling. Fab!

     Funk it up!

RIP Vanity (Denise Matthews)

     Her life was not in vain.

     A Princess who complemented Prince.

     RIP V.

News flash: Obama appoints Ted Cruz to replace Scalia

     Well, if it were true, it'd sure circumvent any Republican filibustering...and cue up Trump to face Hillary Sanders. A masterstroke.

Supreme Court's "live wire" dead at 79

     Just wanted that headline.

Saint Scalia

     At least I hope so.

     RIP AGS.

Day-before-Valentine's saintlist

     Ssints Colette, Jerome Emiliani, Giles Mary of St. Joseph, Josephine Bakhita, Apollonia, and Scholastica, around this time of the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. XXXIII: "Too Funkay"

     Tonite we feature "Too Funkay"--a nice alternate spelling of "funky"--by the educationally-named Disco Tech:

     Funk it up!

Manning/Knowles 2016

     Once again, as with our "Bloomberg/Jolie '16" post, we are not suggesting or predicting anything. But if yall jonesin to have Peyton and Beyoncé run the USA togeths, that's what jones u.

February 6 saintlist

     Saints John Bosco, Ansgar, Blaise, Joseph of Leonissa, Gilbert of Sempringham, Agatha, Paul Miki and Companions, Amand, Dorothy, and Peter Baptist and Companions, around this time of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. XXXII: "Chunky Punk"

     If you thought last week's "Funky Punk" was too much, this week's "Chunky Punk" by Bernie Rogers (no relative of Bernie Sanders??) may bowl you all the way over:

     Funk it up!

Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire (1941-2016)

     Goodbye to a shining star.

     MW RIP.