The Internet would be more interesting if more people had personal sites and personal blogs. People enjoyed their friends' homepages back in the day. And when there were too many to keep up with, RSS feed readers served them well.

Modern social media has ruined this.

Nostr can fix this, or at least has the potential to.

I would life to have a Nostr web client allowing me to custom arrange a "homepage," including themes, and sections for pics, microblogs, articles, recommended friends or links, voice messages, vlogs, etc.

I can tell I'm getting more mature, because I am kind of looking forward to what's next after this life. I'm not too afraid to die.

But the thing is, I don't want to die for some stupid reason, like eating too many french fries or choking on a potato or falling off a cliff after losing my balance from taking a selfie. I would be embarrassed and would never hear the end of it. Ever.

So many people at my office -- especially the younger employees -- carry backpacks.

That's fine. It's just that when I was in high school, only the Down syndrome kids had backpacks. The rest of us carried duffel bags.

Styles and trends change. I'm okay with that.

But as cool as white high tops were in the 1980s when we were young, my wife and I will never wear them with our suits or dresses at Mass.

This war is to Donald Trump's legacy as hot diarrhea is to one-ply toilet paper.

I like that I still drive my stick-shift 2007 Toyota Corolla.

Continues to be a great car at 225,225 miles.

RIP, Chuck Norris.

I pray he did not go the way of the dragon, but instead found the path to eternal life.

A CATHOLIC HYPOTHETICAL

Imagine your bishop telling the parishioners of the diocese that when coming forth to receive Communion, from now on they should play the Macarena song on kazoos while doing the Macarena dance all the way up to the altar, where they are to reach into a repurposed Pringles container to grab and consume their consecrated Host, followed by taking a to-go sippy-cup that contains the Precious Blood.

And what if the Vatican supported the bishop's decree? And what if the neighboring diocese was a full day's drive away?

Would you accept your bishop's decision with obedience since he is the local guardian of Tradition? Would you accept Rome's ruling, even if it goes against your liturgical preferences?

Would you go along with it and participate, with your children, since the Eucharist would still be validly consecrated?

Knowing we are to go to Mass each Sunday, would you be in mortal sin if you deliberately chose to stay home from this Mass -- a five-minute drive from your home?

Everyone knows there are limits to authority, even for bishops, and we are not obliged to follow unjust laws. Disobedience in such cases does not make one a bad Catholic, but a good Catholic.

If we follow the Church's clear Tradition, even if a priest or bishop does not, we are doing God's will. We are serving the Church, the Body of Christ.