Roll call! Paging Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!

Hm, since it is Mozart's birthday and NOT Beethoven's, I think I should fix the music I originally shared with y'all:

 

Much better! Thanks for the quick point out, Matt! I know who Mozart is. It's been a long day/ week. :)

"Give your evidence," said the King; "and don't be nervous, or I'll have you executed on the spot."

Last week, I convinced my good friend Anna to read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This week, I was thrilled to hear she had not only been to read it, but how much she now loves it too. 

An appreciation of Lewis Carroll is a type of litmus test for many close friends; upon finding out that someone likes Alice too, I immediately like them more. I can't help it! I feel the same way about people who share my fondness for crayons and/ or play soccer.

Why Read?

"In reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem, I see with a myriad eyes, but it is still I who see. Here, as in worship, in love, in moral action, and in knowing, I transcend myself; and am never more myself than when I do."

-C.S. Lewis, "Experiment in Criticism"

More than Right and Wrong, More than Roe v. Wade

Today is the March for Life in Washington, D.C. and I am not there, sadly. I am very okay with not being there, though. The March should have been over the weekend, on January 22, the actual anniversary of Roe v. Wade, but for some reason decided to do it on the following Monday.



I'd like to go next year, especially if I can procur tickets to the Verizon Center Rally. 30,000+ Catholics, young and old, religious and laity, families and single people- celebrating the Mass together. I'm not even charismatic, but I swear I could feel the Holy Spirit moving the last two times I went. It is an amazing experience, even for those who are not Catholic. The homily is always touching and glorious. I still remember the one from two years ago, which absolutely gave me chills.

To date, 53 million babies have died from abortion. I think it is safe to say, that is a lot of people over a 38 year period. I can see the rationale for legalized abortion, but the arguments are not persuasive. The women's health argument amuses me because our medical advancements are amazing, and if women hundreds of years ago could have twice to three times the number of kids and be okay, so can we. Also, STDs are rampant now. That's not very healthy at all!

Now Taking Applications to Join the Society for the Restoration of Pluto to Planethood

The Ever-Entertaining Chapter Eight, LIVE from a Level 2 Snow Emergency*:

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I've decided that I want to become a canon law lawyer. Thanks, Ed Peters. (Oh, and don't worry. I've already e-mailed him and made a new friend! Doubly excited to stay in contact and to learn more.)

In other career news, I'm having an article published by the New England Real Estate Journal next week. I am also applying to take my first graduate-level theology class at the local seminary and for my passport tomorrow. This has been quite the week of plans and planning!