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We are all friends here. I am grateful for the kindness and love for me expressed in the comments here. God knows I deserve far more scathing critiques than these. Thank you for reaching out to me.
This blog is not for everyone. There are better blogs out there. More discerning websurfers will never waste their time here. I am enormously tiresome even to myself.
This pathetic little undertaking is, however, what it is. While we cannot say which came first, the chicken or the egg, we can say this: If the egg came first, there would be no chicken without it, and if the chicken came first, there would be no egg without that chicken. If there were no Big Daddy–if Preacher never drank no Big Daddy–then there would be no weblog.
You can’t put a cracked egg back in the shell, but you can throw the whole kit and caboodle away. One can confine oneself to websites one deems edifying. No hard feelings.
No doubt the world would be quieter, and probably better, if it had never even occurred to me to get a laptop. We would eat our bowls of cereal in peace. We could wait for the coming of the Lord on a better night’s sleep.
Unfortunately, “Preacher and Skinny Latte” was not meant to be. Nor was “Fr. White and Mocha Frappuccino.” This ridiculous blog started the way it started; it involves what it involves. I wish I were a better man than I am. I wish I didn’t ask so much of you, gentle reader. (If you are out there.)
As it is, though, I have a few things to say every once in a while. I will try to edify and entertain, in spite of my limited capacities. I really enjoy a cold Big Daddy. (Never more than one.)
To God be all glory and praise.
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August 29, 2008 at 9:35 am
Am I your first commenter? I wish I had something profound and/or clever to say, but why would this occasion be any different? Cool blog, Father.
August 29, 2008 at 10:08 am
Mark, please keep up the blog, if only because I enjoy hearing from you. Although we have certainly chosen differing paths, it’s good to know there are things we continue to share — like an appreciation for cereal. However, i don’t know anything about Hooters because my wife won’t let me go there.
Owen
August 29, 2008 at 11:52 am
My dear chicken,
We are here, we are here, we are here! – as they say in whoville. Personally, I love this weblog -at least 98% of it! I love your sense of humor! I don’t think I will ever be able to eat another bowl of cereal without grinning about “soggification of flake”. (I too am a whole milk person.) Not to mention the beautifully written spiritual works (my favorite). I just wish there was somplace else to get a Big Daddy. Certainly, you deserve some comforts of life, probably more than most. But I was really hoping this entry was leading to a different sports bar. Isn’t there another Big Daddy out there somewhere? If Hooters is okay, then it would be okay for our daughters to work there. But I think corporal punishment would be involved if that happened.
In fact I know a number of people, me for one, who would gladly volunteer to go with you in pursuit of a Big Daddy “runner up”. Yeah, I could definitely suffer through that! We could turn it into a pursuit of happiness. I just can’t go into Hooter’s to get a gift card for my priest. But, in spite of my disagreement with you on this issue, (okay huge disagreement!), I won’t be throwing the baby out with the bathwater!