Der W.

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How Did I Miss This?

Der W. posted an article on - Dec 3, 2009, 1:31 pm
Continuing the theme of not-a-heck-of-a-lot-of-substance this week - bear with me, I'm a year older and closer to 30 tomorrow - I give you: the song that should be performed everywhere!
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Be Warned

Der W. posted an article on - Dec 2, 2009, 1:00 pm
The clip at the end of this post has a bit of language...also a bit of sacreliciosity in reference to the Trinity at the very end, which in this particular situation is forgivable, I think. Just wante...
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Happy Monday

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 30, 2009, 8:14 am
For your viewing pleasure, this Advent season:
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One of Those Things I'm Thankful For

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 26, 2009, 9:06 am
...To whit, my facial hair. With a tip of the hat and a wiggle of the beard to good ol' Fumare:
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For Everything

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 26, 2009, 8:59 am
We give thanks. Enjoy the day, y'all.
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Use Your Words, Chris...

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 25, 2009, 7:15 am
I had heard about Bishop Tobin's interview on Hardball, but only just now had I gotten around to viewing it. If you're in a particularly masochistic mood, or if you're a morning person in ...
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...We're Going to Call This "Amusement Friday"

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 20, 2009, 11:40 am
My brain is tired, and I may be coming down with something...not sure yet. In any event, I present to you for your amusement, a love song to the President of Iran:
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Punchy, but...

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 20, 2009, 10:48 am
I find that, more often than not, this describes the less rational part of me when I get angry:
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State, Meet Church

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 12:39 pm
Don't ask me why, but someone, somewhere, is sensing a disturbance in the Force - I assume the Dark Side - courtesy of CNA: The California Catholic Conference is calling on the state's Cat...
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I Was Wondering

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 10:54 am
What is the response from a social "progressive" when his much-loved plebiscite proves to be a double-edged sword? As with all things, there is no principle with these people so dear that it cannot be...
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Why I'm a Mac

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 17, 2009, 10:46 am
Be warned: What you are about to see is really, really weird. Okay, to be honest, the reason that I own a Mac has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Microsoft's latest retail projec...
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Among Many Others...

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 17, 2009, 8:26 am
...This is a reason why I like this Western Confucian. Definitely going on the blogroll. I am looking forward to each new post. He's already given me a very large something to play with, and I&...
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Leave It to Patrick...

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 16, 2009, 12:49 pm
The Paragraph Farmer has, predictably, been the first blog in my to-read queue that has said something substantive about the Maj. Hasan question - to whit, whether radicalization was or was not a moti...
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What Does a Terrorist Look Like?

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 16, 2009, 12:16 pm
Let me tell you the story of this strapping young man to my left. For those of you who may not recall, this is Timallah Macazid Veighiz. He was raised from an early age to hate America as a "great S...
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Just Being Neighborly

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 16, 2009, 6:00 am
I thought I should warn you, before you get too deep into it, that I left last week with several chips on my shoulder. The more I think about it, the more likely it is that I'll be working out tho...
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The Name Says It All

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 12:39 pm
Now, you may think that I may be too hairy to be said to have a beard, strictly speaking. You'd be wrong, though. Very wrong. Which is why I am following Tim Jones' new endeavor with grea...
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Guiding Lights

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 12:09 pm
When it comes to the question of American government, I have two guiding lights above all others: Publius, and Tocqueville. It is they who have given me the understanding that the Founders saw the Fed...
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Things That Make Me Sick

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 11:57 am
Amongst the blogs that I read regularly is one you may have heard of called What's Wrong with the World. It's typically very well-written and thought-provoking. This weekend, though, it was s...
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Keep Your Morality Off My Government

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 11:20 am
That's right, gay marriage supporters, I'm talking to you. I'm tired of having to deal with your endless attempts to foist your own brand of morality on the rest of society. And, quite f...
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Never Does It Ever Get Old

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 8, 2009, 11:31 am
Not ever:
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Sad, but True

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 10:55 am
(h/t to CMR)
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Of Course I Did

Der W. posted an article on - Nov 2, 2009, 1:26 pm
Because I don't have enough trouble finding time to write posts for this blog, I have decided to add more to my plate and participate, again, in National Novel Writing Month. In case you are unfa...
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I Have to Confess...

Der W. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 10:17 am
I did not rightly anticipate where this was going: (H/t to Donald McClarey over at The American Catholic.)
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A Good Point

Der W. posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 9:37 am
And yes, the wolf is back. Wedding was lovely, honeymoon was fantastic. Life is still crazy, but I was going out of my mind with all the ideas that have been racking up in my head during my lengthy ...
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From Behind the Pile of Crazy

Der W. posted an article on - Sep 29, 2009, 1:08 pm
I have been remiss in my publishing duties, I know. Hopefully at some point before the end of the year, the craziness will equalize and I will be able to carve out a niche in my day for the purposes ...
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Just a Quick Gasp

Der W. posted an article on - Sep 22, 2009, 9:53 am
Of all the things... I have things to say. Oh Lordy do I have things to say. Of course, the only thing that gets me riled enough to poke my head out of the wedding crazy is this. Only ten da...
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Come to Think of It...

Der W. posted an article on - Sep 17, 2009, 8:57 am
...This is probably true.
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Just a Warning

Der W. posted an article on - Sep 12, 2009, 6:45 am
You may notice over the next three weeks that I post shorter reflections, and that they come more sporadically. This is a result of having only those three weeks to finish preparations for my wedding...
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I Might Be Willing to Compromise

Der W. posted an article on - Sep 9, 2009, 10:37 am
Remember the criteria I laid down a while back regarding my ideal e-reader? Well, I might be willing to compromise a little bit for this thing.
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Should Have Thought of This Earlier

Der W. posted an article on - Sep 7, 2009, 8:56 am
In the extended household from which I originate, there are some interesting tensions that show up around the dinner table. We're Catholic - most of us are even such in most of the ways you could...
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Oh Doctor, My Doctor

Der W. posted an article on - Sep 4, 2009, 12:41 pm
Guess "who" is back. And no, that's not intended as a question. If you were lucky enough to have a childhood like mine, then you experienced Tom Baker as essentially the Doctor in the BBC sc...
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A Good Reason to See a Movie

Der W. posted an article on - Sep 2, 2009, 1:08 pm
I always love going to a movie and observing a theater full of people missing the point. Hat-tip to Darwin: In a moment which will stand out to pro-life viewers, at one point the MNU agents movin...
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My Theme Song

Der W. posted an article on - Aug 31, 2009, 12:42 pm
For a variety of reasons, "All Along the Watchtower" has become something of a favorite song of mine. As a matter of fact, if I could generate a real-life soundtrack for my many adventures, I think I...
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Politicians Don't Die...They Get Brought Back as Zombies and Nobody Notices

Der W. posted an article on - Aug 28, 2009, 9:15 am
Since Senator Kennedy died, I feel that I have been literally assaulted by a torrent of verbal effluvia from almost every conceivable corner. Everyone, including Sen. Kennedy himself, seems to have ap...
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Ding Dong

Der W. posted an article on - Aug 26, 2009, 12:46 pm
Ted Kennedy is dead. I will be attempting to weather the orgy of public sentimentalizing that must, necessarily, follow the death of a celebrity. Hopefully, somebody will say something really stupid...
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Whoa!

Der W. posted an article on - Aug 22, 2009, 1:18 pm
I don't know how I missed this before, but thanks to Orthometer for drawing my attention to it: (Warning: Any allergies to geekery will be severely aggravated by this video!)
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Why David Hume is Full of Crap...Empirically!

Der W. posted an article on - Aug 21, 2009, 10:40 am
Way back when St. Thomas Aquinas wrote about the faculties of the soul, the science of neurology basically did not exist. It made perfect sense at that time to say that thought processes, reason, and...
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