by Alex Placke | Feb 28, 2015 | Humor, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 2 mins
NBC’s Parks and Recreation had their series finale this week, and I must admit that I will greatly miss this quirky show. It has everything I could ask for in a TV show: it takes place in a small town in the middle of the U.S., it keeps me constantly laughing, and...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Feb 27, 2015 | Holidays ~ Approx. 2min
I’ve been sleeping around recently. That is, I’ve been taking naps in public. The winter weather in Boston doesn’t lend itself to doing much sleeping outside these days, but since tomorrow is Public Sleeping Day, I will be getting some shut-eye on a library couch or a...
by Danny Gustafson, SJ | Feb 26, 2015 | Education, In the News ~ Approx. 2min
In the past few days, my Facebook newsfeed has been flooded (I’m looking at you, friends and relatives involved in education!) with links to stories about Oklahoma’s Legislature apparently trying to ban A.P. U.S. History. Apparently, the reason seemed to be that this...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Feb 24, 2015 | Blogs ~ Approx. 5 mins
“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.” Rumi, a 13th century Sufi mystic, said that. We like mystics. They make for good memes, especially when they’re exotic and provocative. It just sounds cool – Sufism – as if surfing, kung-fu, and philosophy...
by Jason Downer, SJ | Feb 20, 2015 | In the News, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 2 mins
Last weekend the world received the gift of the SNL 40th Anniversary Special. The special turned my mind to 2003, when I was fresh out of college and living in New York City. It was a strange time for this born and raised upstater. One of the first things I did...
by Dan Dixon, SJ | Feb 19, 2015 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
Joe Assadourian, standing at a sturdy 6’2’’ and sporting a thick Jersey accent, greeted my Jesuit friend and I as the lights dimmed and the curtain was drawn: “Step into the Bullpen,” he rumbled. Who is this man? I wondered. Where is he taking us? The Bullpen, I...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Feb 18, 2015 | Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
It started with a snowstorm. During a blizzard – the kind of storm that has recently been happening oh-too-frequently for those of us living in the Boston area – a mother of six wanted to do something fun for her kids, “and wouldn’t you know it, Ice Cream...
by Damian Torres-Botello, SJ | Feb 17, 2015 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
“Mijo? It’s your father. Your mom passed away.” That was two months ago. Those words crushed me. The pain remains and my mom’s presence is like a phantom limb to me now; I forget she’s no longer here. About a year ago the reality of her mortality manifested itself in...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Feb 17, 2015 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Viruses abound during these winter months. Though Measles has been a hot topic (no seriously, check your Newsfeed), another phenomenon has spread even more rapidly and insidiously: nostalgic Jimmy Fallon sketches. Remember “Fresh Prince”? Fallon has a skit for that. ...
by Brian Strassburger, SJ | Feb 16, 2015 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 12 mins
Ever since I got hooked on Lost, I’ve been a sucker for a well-produced, well-scripted TV series. In the age of On Demand and Netflix, it’s almost too easy to catch up on seasons past and get hooked into a television binge. Who doesn’t know someone who has watched...
