What things are you willing to die for? Or what things are you willing to forfeit your reputation and social capital for (to put it less dramatically)? Before the dawning of the internet there was less anonymity in day-to-day dealings. Conversations happened either over the phone, in writing, or in person. Each of those methods of communicating required that the parties involved knew the other parties in some way. Yes, of course, you could send a letter to or prank call a stranger. That was more for the young though and less for the serious adult. In order to express…

The prolific Anglo-French writer Hilaire Belloc once said, “Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine there’s always laughter and good red wine.” This quote stands as one of my favorites from the rough personality that I have admired since first being introduced to his work. I mean, what’s there not to like about the man whose “Cautionary Tales for Children” bears such titles as “Matilida: Who told Lies and was Burned to Death,” or “Jim: Who ran away from his Nurse and was Eaten by a Lion?” If you have never explored his writing and appreciate staunchly orthodox Catholicism amidst a…

Have you ever seen the movie Mean Girls starring Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams? Don’t lie… you know you have. I want you to think back to one scene early on in the movie, when Lindsay’s character first meets her two new friends Janis and Damian and she skips health class. During a cut-scene we see what she was missing as the coach goes into a monologue regarding sex: “Don’t have sex… because you will get pregnant… and die. Don’t have sex in the missionary position. Don’t have sex standing up. Just don’t do it, promise?” He then holds up…