De Blogibus

Hello, 21st century!! God bless . . . all two of you who are reading this. It has always been my belief -- in fact, I mentioned this briefly during my Easter Wednesday sermon in 1851 -- that blogs are rather silly things. Actually, before I knew English well, I thought for the longest time that a blog was a damp smelly place where amphibians thrive. However, now knowing the difference, I still find myself chuckling puzzedly at the typical "Look at me! Look at my life! Look at what I did today!" blogs that you modern people love to write. With notable exceptions such as Rorate Caeli, Totus Pius, Sober Sophomore, etc., and of course those written by people who are actually doing something adventurous abroad or something, blogs have never much claimed the interest of this old Bishop.

Why then am I making my own? Well, first of all, as mentioned above, an oddball Wisconsinite teenager (who shall remain anonymous lest I embarrass ... myself) chose me for his Confirmation Saint years ago, and has ever since been bugging me to start my own blog because he can never remember any of my best quotes. Well, finally I folded like an altar cloth. (cf. Lk 11:8) Second of all, some of the garbage that has happened to Holy Church in the last few decades has made me want to roll over in my grave. (See below.)

Rolling over accomplishes very little, though, and so I figured that a blog like this would provide a better chance to vent-ificate as I wish. And third .... even I admit it. Blogs look like fun.

I was known for being extraordinarily organized in life -- so I figured, now that I'm "dead," as you people say, I can kick back a little and throw organization to the wind. This blog shall not be organized or well-planned. I will update rather sporadically. Possibly never. Hopefully not.

More later. I pray for you all. Some more than others.

Pax vobiscum!! (...or possibly tecum. I'm not expecting much popularity here.)