The Huck Upchuck

Saturday Morning A cacophony of alarm clocks in each room Buzzing or beeping met with outstretched arms Blind-slapping "off" b...

11 th Birthday Today a birthday, ably made and quite happy, indeed. This flushed, pink perennial rising lightly from her tousled bed, ...

Well, my gosh, it's been some 3+ months since I put anything up here.  My last post dates in May of this year, and it's now Septembe...

Is it just me, or is the obsession that many conservatives have with taking down the Obama administration reaching unseemly and gross propor...

There is a way to engage to Christians on the subject of marriage equality from the perspective of Christianity, even from the perspective o...

John Stewart, in typical masterly fashion, just skewers the Christian Christmas Jihadists at Fox News in their annual "War on Christmas...

Just a quick thought: Although I think it's pure foolishness and childish sour-grapes whining, there is a movement among some conservati...

Well, it's once again that time of the month when my lovely bride will again be out at the Palmer Park Arts Market setting up her booth ...

Since I last wrote an entry on the books I read (which was back in February of 2012), I've since racked up pretty solid list of reading ...

OK.  The moment of truth has arrived.  It's been ten months and 18 days since I made my New Year's Resolution.  It feels like foreve...

Last January 1, I made just one single New Year's resolution .  It was to get my weight down to 170 lbs by the end of 2012.  If I fail i...

Well, it's been a long, long stretch of emptiness on the Upchuck. I think I'm missing it a bit. In a way, I've kinda substitut...

I'm still trying to sort through what it means that Cardinal Dolan agreed to congregate with and give a benediction and his blessing to ...

I'm probably a bit overly attentive to this than most people are, but as a Catholic who was quite turned off by Ayn Rand's dismissiv...

I think this song (if not the video) is awesome, too: The acoustic version, which I like more:

Wow!  It's been way too long since I last posted.  I've really dropped the ball in keeping up with my weekly Resolution Update posti...

Well, it's been a while since I posted anything on the blog, much less kept up with my Resolution Updates. But I've got good reaso...

OK.  I'm a day behind, but I have a good excuse. I was participating in a Posse Plus Retreat and was really occupied with retreat act...

This medieval joke of a candidate actually called Barack Obama a snob for, of all things, wanting to make sure that every American who wants...

OK.  Back to the regular Sunday updates.  Sorry I missed last Sunday, but it was Mardi Gras.  More importantly, it was Thoth Sunday. And I w...