I'm noticing this something or other a few times lately among a few close and not-so-close homies in various compartments of my life. It has to do with our president. In what I like to call Operation I Can't Take This Shit Anymore, an epic and mass defection has taken place in which, very specifically, … Continue reading Question
Category: He/Him
Faith
Until He says so
You know the surest way to knock yourself down a few more pegs is to check out several of your old classmates' profiles on the LinkedIn. Partner. President Principal. And not the high school kind, either. Might I strongly recommend you not do that, embark on said lark whilst ensconced in the middle of a … Continue reading Until He says so
Happy birthday
Young blood and I attended an NFL game recently. Prior to the kickoff, an assemblage of players kneeled in one of the end zones in unison-prayer. I looked and looked, but I couldn't spot an offensive lineman who I know has Catholic roots and is furthermore a practicing one. There could be a perfect, secular … Continue reading Happy birthday
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Jesus said to His disciples: Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise you will have no recompense from your Heavenly Father. When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise … Continue reading These next 40
In thanksgiving
Thank you for another day another breathanother crack at itanother ideaanother laughanother cry Thank youfor this sweet sweet boy of minehis spirithis rugged good lookshis gifts his talentshis bounce-backhis digitshis mentalsmost of all his random texts to his old man Thank youfor my familymy homies my union brothers and sisters. Thank you for the work keeping me … Continue reading In thanksgiving
Self,
Here we are Party of one What do you want to think about? Penance Knew you were gonna say that Anything but the elections I mean, penance is a light topic, why not? lol You'd think by coming out and saying you voted Trump qualified you as a man. Not the Trump part, just the … Continue reading Self,
Here’s to a snot-nose Christmas
I cried Monday. A lot. It was at my home parish decked out in Christmas celebration. Poinsettias and glittery Christmas trees and a standalone, gazebo-like structure with cream-colored silks for a cover, while underneath a nativity scene. I cried for the baby who would just wind up getting insulted and berated His whole adult life. … Continue reading Here’s to a snot-nose Christmas
Happy belated birthday
You of course know this already I'm having this conversation with a guy who just recently moved into my neighbors' rental across the street. He swings by in his monogrammed bath robe, a gentlemanly pipe jutting out his mouth, and I'm thinking, Shit, maybe this is how Nigerian dudes say hello the second time. The … Continue reading Happy belated birthday
Things Men Carry 