On Friday, March 21, 2014 3:33:45 PM UTC-7, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/21/14, 11:03 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:



I thought this was cool. Italian is one of the few languages you really

don't need to speak fluently in order to understand most of what is

being said.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpaQYSd75Ak#t=84



My spiritual awakening? That's a laugh. Do you think I'll see a

burning bush that isn't consumed by the fire?



Hey, I like nuns. I've liked them since they watched over us in the St.

Aedan's playground in New Haven after junior high was out for the day

and we'd play pickup basketball, kickball or softball games.



A couple of my wife's best teachers while she was pursuing her doctorate

were nuns. One of them served on several presidential commissions and

the other in her spare time ran an orphanage in China for girl infants

abandoned by their families. If I happened to be on campus waiting for

my wife, I'd sometimes hang out in the doctoral lounge in the building

where many of her classes were taught, and have long, educational and

sometimes really funny conversations with socially conscious nuns and

priests.



Wow, Harry, you're actually praising the religious!