Really, it's not you.

You all, I don't know what is going on with Blogger, but I am having a dickens of a time with it.  If I can't figure this out soon, I'll be migrating (ulp) to Wordpress, which I really don't want to do.  But fear not--I'm not dead--just sickened by techie difficulties.

Any encouragement about where to relocate the blog would be appreciated.  Or blogger help--the biggest thing is I cannot post pictures.  Sigh.

Please stand by, technical difficulties

Sorry, folks.  I know I've been quiet but it has been the exam period at my university.  Now blogger is giving me fits.  Hope to get this straightened out by next week.  Have a good weekend, all!

IC

Truth Is Stranger #136: The Purity Communion Dispenser

And, yes, the minister isn't Catholic, but still.

Behold the Sacred Pez Dispenser...ugh.   I'll take a germ for Jesus, thanks.  I'm martyr-like that way.

Caption Contest #119

Captions in the comments box....

HT to Susan Sparks.

CDC: Grandmothers of College Students in Immediate Danger of Death This Week

Back in happier times.

Metropolis, USA: The Center for Disease Control has posted a warning that grandmothers of college students are at high risk of sudden, unexplained death during the final exam period at their grandchild's university.

The phenomenon was first noticed here in town at RBCU*, when English professor John Huttman noticed a pattern over the years of students asking for extensions on final papers and exams due to the sudden death of a grandmother.  "Grandfathers are in a weak spot too, but the pattern of reporting definitely indicates grandmothers are in more danger.  My colleagues and I have noted this over years of service, and clearly the only thing to do in terms of public health was to report it to the CDC.  Mid-December and late April are clearly hazardous times for grandparents in this country," he explained.

The CDC, in its research, noted it is especially alarming that the grandmothers "seem to disappear off the face of the earth--like they were never here.  Whatever the disease is, it is destructive to the point of complete obliteration.  For this reason, we have put out a notification."

The CDC suggests that grandparents request syllabi from their college-aged grandchildren and lock themselves in their homes when final exams, or any exam, approaches.  Eat healthy food and drink, and have a trusted friend call on you twice a day.  The good news: once the exam date has passed, they can venture outside their homes.  Attending graduation is understood to be safe.

--I.C.

*RBCU=Really Big Catholic University

Hat tip to my colleague Patrick O'Shea for the original joke.

This excellent theology student site makes me almost like Tumblr

Mary is my Homegirl.  Oh my word, it's funny.  Mind you, you may have to be (or have been) a theology grad student to get the nuances, but check it out, really.

My favorite recent post, where the author clearly was in my head years ago in grad school, is here.

Second favorite, where the author was clearly in my basement study carrel, here.

Anyway, she's writing papers, and I am grading them till my eyes bleed.  Blogging will be light for a couple of weeks.  Here I go, folks...see ya when the snow melts....

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The New Idolatry

Found at Meanwhile in Canada on facebook.

"Brother Wind"

From News.va .

Caption Contest #118

HT to Sherry Antonetti.

Caption away in the comments box.