That Dennis Miller Show....
on CNBC is good. That doesn’t mean that I don’t regret staying up until midnight watching it. I’m habituated to waking up at 5:30 am so I knew what was coming. I’m a little bleary and even the adrenaline rush of hearing
a bird thrashing around in the powder-room vent hasn’t brought me to full clarity of mind.

Here’s the comment that I would have left on Amy Welborn’s blog if the comments were working....

“Haven't read all of what Popcak has to say, so I don't know if he has anything to say about the emphasis our society puts on personal happiness. I see a lot of media (even Christian/Catholic media) aimed at couples interested in developing a 'happy' marriage. Are we being encouraged to settle for nothing less than a 'happy' marriage? (And I'm not talking about forcing people to stay in sick, abusive situations, but about leading people to think that if they aren't 'happy' they are being abused.) Don't even get me started on the pop literature that prattles on about soulmates.
How much is addressed to couples who don't have 'happy' marriages? What about people who realize after X number of years that they didn't marry their soulmate? And now they know that they have no real reason to vacate the vows they made on their wedding day.....and why can't they be 'happy.'

Are we idolizing 'happiness?" Do we worship well-known, 'happy' Catholic couples? (And, yes, now we're seeing the fall-out from putting celebrity 'happy' Catholic couples in a special niche of admiration.) Is it time to start asking God to help us be happy even if we aren't 'happy?' “

Maybe she’ll have the comments back on when I get back from work at NOON! (Today I’m training my second part-time person on the Saturday routine. Then I am free! So to speak...)
Maybe the bird will be out of the vent. Maybe Rick will have replaced the vent cover. (I want so badly to run through the house screaming “I told you so. Don’t think I didn’t see this day coming weeks ago when I saw the vent cover in the middle of the back yard!” But that would be bad form. And would beg the rejoinder, “Why didn’t you fix it?”)