Water found on Mars!

The Phoenix Mars Lander has found water on Mars!

Friday was the 40th anniversary of Paul VI's encyclical on human sexuality, Humanae Vitae. Two wildly different viewpoints:

• National Catholic Reporter once again demonstrates why it's not worthy of the title "Catholic".
• Catholic News Agency has an essay by James Francis Cardinal Stafford,
  
  Humanae Vitae: The Year of the Peirasmòs - 1968. Check 'em out.

Thanks to Mark Shea for the second link.

In other news, if you've not been following things Catholic, Rod Dreher weighs in here and here on the controversy over P.Z. Myers's deliberate desecration of the Eucharist.

Texts from B16!

Apparently the Holy Father texted the pilgrims at World Youth Day in Sydney:

"The Holy Spirit gave the Apostles and gives u the power boldly 2 proclaim that Christ is risen! - BXVI."

RIP Greg

Today is the 3rd anniversary of my oldest brother Greg's passing. In some ways it seems like just yesterday, and in other ways a million years ago.

Rest in peace, Greg. I love you.

I'm back... returned safely (if exhausted) July 6th. Work has been a bit hectic since then but it's calming down this week. Busy prepping for my skating test July 27th. Whee!

On a *very* sad note, it appears one of my fave restaurants back home, Shari's, has closed. Waaaaaahhhh! This stinks.