And who am I to criticize?  I'd be "Remembers Historical Facts Man."

Little boy runs frantically into room and says, "Help, a man has kidnapped my family and is demanding that someone recite the chronology of the Battle of Gettysburg within the next hour, or he'll start shooting."  No comic books, no movies.

So in the pantheon of super-heroes, you would be "Remembers the Context of Random Comments Man."  Don't plan on a comic book.

I like that last idea.  Hope I can remember to do it.

Ditto.  Which raises another issue.  The lives of my children when they were young is a blur.  My wife often remembers specific things that I've either forgotten or can't relate to a specific child.  Is that innate to Moms?

Things I'm good at remembering:

1.  Historical facts.  For some reason, I'm good at remembering dates, but even more importantly, how historical facts relate to each other (which is good when you're interested in causation). [Assuming we're not talking Back to the Future, if fact A happened after Fact B, Fact A can't have caused Fact B--liberals have a big problem with this one].

2.  The names of books and their authors, though I tend to forget all of the plot details.

3.  Obscure quotes, the more trivial the better.

Things I'm bad at:

1.  Despite the fact that I can remember the names of books and authors, I'm horrible with all other names (though if I can ever get them into the brain, they tend to stick--this seems to take a lot of time).

2.  Anything related to mathematics.  Algebra: forget it.  The quadratic equation: never heard of it.

3.  I'm a lawyer.  After a case is over I tend to forget all the facts.

4.  My office is upstairs.  I spend a lot of time on the main floor wondering what I came down for.

BTW, Tiny Lies is the best $1.25 I've ever spent except for all the money I've spent on Snickers (sorry, James, but I love Snickers).

I wonder if Bishop Schori ever reads a fellow from a couple of generations ago who was part of her same spiritual tradition?  He was an obscure professor of medieval literature at Oxford.  

Here are a couple of things she might benefit from:

“And I will tell you another view that is also too simple.  It is the view I call Christianity-and-water, the view which simply says there is a good God in Heaven and everything is all right—leaving out all the difficult and terrible doctrines about sin and hell and the devil, and the redemption.” Mere Christianity

“Do not attempt to water Christianity down.  There must be no pretense that you can have it with the Supernatural left out.  So far as I can see Christianity is precisely the one religion from which the miraculous cannot be separated. You must frankly argue from supernaturalism from the very outset.” "Christian Apologetics"

Now I suppose she may believe in something like the "supernatural."  But it seems to be a "supernatural" only on her terms.

I followed this link and found this classic Q and A with Reverend Schori:

Q: How many members of the Episcopal Church are there in this country?

A: About 2.2 million. It used to be larger percentagewise, but Episcopalians tend to be better-educated and tend to reproduce at lower rates than some other denominations. Roman Catholics and Mormons both have theological reasons for producing lots of children

I'm a Mormon, and thus not as well educated as our Episcopal friends, but perhaps I can explain.  Yes, we do have more kids than average.

Why?

(1) They're a gift from God.

(2) It's a great compliment that God would give us stewardship over some of his children. Accepting that responsibility carries with it great duties (for which we will be held accountable).

(3) We like them (most of the time).

(4) No children, no grandchildren.

(5) Someone has to help pay the Social Security for those old, childless Episcopalians (think of it as voluntary income redistribution from Mormons to Episcopalians). 

BTW:  Mormons think that Paul was awesome.

Have fun!!  I nominate you and Felicia as Ricochet travel correspondents.

Just when I get completely cynical someone posts something like this. I even have a granddaughter named Tatum.

Way to go, Jon, you've revived some of my faith in human beings.

I spent nearly 25 years working for one of those big, evil corporations. Yes, they're bureaucratic. People occasionally can skate away from  responsibility for their actions.

But more often than not people were held responsible for their failures (including demotions and firings)--they were also awarded for their successes. It was imperfect, but then everything is.

As far as I can tell, IRS higher-ups regularly receive large bonuses, but none of them ever seem to be held responsible for their screw-ups (except for the guy who was going to retire in a week or two).

Guys like him make me ashamed to be a lawyer.

Mormon here:  I do believe in the reality of Satan.  Our theology teaches that he is real.  Nothing I've seen in the world gives me any reason to deny his existence.

Was the Pope performing an exorcism?  I have no idea, but unlike Jay Carney, if the Pope says he wasn't, I accept his statement. His credibility is very high.

I suppose some may have reached that conclusion, but by far the greatest source of single-parent families is women bearing illegitimate children.

I hope all is not lost, but that 60 percent number was 45 percent a little over a decade ago.  This is not a positive trend.

Doc:  If and when you get subpoenaed by Congress, I hope you send a  letter telling them you intend to rely on the Second Amendment.

Isn't she the one who said she's not good at math?  I'm shocked that she didn't decide to rely on the Second Amendment.