I’ve been a fan of country and bluegrass for a long time. When it’s done well, it can really pick up your spirits, such as this performance on David Letterman’s show by Earl Scruggs and Steve Martin (yes, the comedian Steve Martin) with some great country and bluegrass talent:

Fr. Barron comments on the Depressing Pew Forum Study

Much digital ink has been spilled over the recent study by the Pew Forum showing the lack of knowledge by Catholics and Mainline Protestants about their own faiths. Fr. Robert Barron, professor at Mundelein Seminary in the Archdiocese of Chicago and guiding force on the Catholicism project, contributes his thoughts to the discussion:

For those who have never experienced a blizzard, here’s a small taste of ours.

First run with Twitvid

Playing with Twitvid

Over the last couple of days, I’ve been playing with Twitvid on my BlackBerry. It’s a very impressive package: make a video, write a short tweet to describe it, and it’ll post it to Twitter. Right now I’m just playing, but I can see some great possibilities for spreading the Gospel through short, simple videos. The Pope did ask us to use the Internet for that purpose, after all.