Working on my presentation

I figured out something the other day. I have this presentation that will begin on February 13th about the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It will span several weeks since the book is over 700 pages and covers, basically, everything that the Catholic Church believes. I started preparing this week and hope to have the first lesson set in stone before I head off to Texas on Vacation this Sunday. In the middle of all the reading that I've been doing, I realized how much I missed intense academic scholarship. I didn't think that would ever happen! I wasn't one of those guys that was willing to stay in school for the rest of my life. I was more than happy when I got my degree and left. But, I have finally found what my professors warned me about. When I initiate the study of a topic, I still use the techniques they taught me, I just do so with more energy because I want to do it. What a good thing to discover.

Smarter without fox

I think Rupert Murdoch is a hypocrite. On the one hand, he has completely immoral shows like "Who's your daddy", "Temptation Island", "The OC" and other crap. On the other hand, he sets up Bill O'Reilly (or Oh-lie-lee as I prefer) as his host par excellence on his Fox propaganda news network. And Bill, despite forcing an intern to have phone sex with him, says that conservatives are right because they have moral values. He would deny that he ever said that, of course, because the way that O'Liely operates is by making an outrageous claim and, when someone confronts him, by denying it, even when confronted with evidence. I guess we would expect nothing more from a man who condemns Clinton for having an affair with an intern while having phone sex with his own. And, all of the Fox stuff we see on TV is owned by a man who has no moral values whatsoever aside from the almighty dollar and seeing to it that politicians are put into office that will allow him to continue getting more money. I got angry the other day because of all this hypocrisy. I deleted four stations from my TV: Fox, Fox News, Fox Sports, and FX. I have accidentally turned on FX in trying to get to other channels but I quickly turn it to another channel that is not trying to pretend that his has moral values while simultaneously selling smut but I have not watched a single program from a Fox owned station identified above. I don't expect to affect Murdoch's bottom line (Or O'Liely's for that matter, though the good thing is that O'Liely will just lie about his bottom line just like he has about his ridiculous boycotting of France!). But, I've been amazed at one thing. I'm finding more time to read and learn than I did when I watched Fox. I think Fox stations have an unusual affect on my brain. They make it lethargic. In other words, I think Fox makes some people stupid. Hypocrisy tends to have that effect.

One week until vacation

With one week left until I take a much needed vacation, I find myself a little bit on the tired side. January tends to be a hectic month. It's a good time for people to want to stay inside and do religious things. It's also a good time for priests to go south for a few days of rest right before the "spring break" crowd take over and ruin everything. With below zero temperatures abounding here in Iowa, I hope this is a short week.