Ok, if you haven’t been to or at least heard of The Curt Jester blog (rss), WHERE have you been?!?!?
Jeff Miller, a.k.a. the Curt Jester, is (obviously) the owner of this fantastic blog. If you’re looking for “Punditry, Prayer, Parody, Polemics, Puns from a Papist Perspective“, this is THE place to go. Jeff combines fun and humor (and sometimes, a touch of sarcasm) with everyday Catholic living and the teachings of the Catholic Church, while preserving the orthodoxy and respect due to the topics discussed.
The latest post (as at the time when I was typing this) on the blog titled “If the Catholic Church was a programming language” is simply outstanding! Jeff makes comparisons between the Catholic Church and various programming languages. As a programmer myself, this post was very much close to heart. I particularly love this piece of sample code:
Here is a sample “Hello World” program in C††
faith()
{
works()
{
print(“Let there be light ” ) ;
}
}
After all “Let there be light” was the original Hello World program by the Divine Programmer. Every C†† requires a “faith” method which is the main entry point to the program. Remember faith() without works() and your code is dead.
What can I say? Jeff, you’re a genius! 
To the rest of you, hop on over to The Curt Jester blog NOW!!! 
Guess what? God has a blog! Or so it seems..
God’s Blog (rss) takes a humorous (and sarcastic) look at our world from God’s point of view. Although it’s not theologically sound in many ways, it sure provides a good laugh here and there. One post I particularly liked:
You know, I’ve been getting a lot of prayers lately about money. A lot of people are asking me to help them get some so they can pay their bills and buy their kids Christmas presents and such.
I can sympathize with you guys, really. But I’m sorry to say there isn’t a whole lot I can do. I mean, seriously, I would just hand out money like free iPods to everybody who needed it if I could, but the truth is, I don’t have any. We don’t use money in Heaven.
Sometimes I wish we did. It’d be awesome if we had some kind of economic crisis so I’d have an excuse to lay off Moses. But unfortunately, I’m stuck with him forever. I knew I should have read his contract more carefully before I signed it.
Hat tip to The Ironic Catholic for pointing me to this blog!
First of all, I want to apologize for the lack of activity on this blog recently. Work has been piling up lately, and I also have some “issues” in my own personal life which I need to discern and think over really, REALLY thoroughly. (prayers appreciated!)
Personal problems aside, I’ve also been busy with blog reading (and listening to podcasts, of course). Most of the blogs I’m reading (particularly Catholic ones) are written by Americans or Europeans. Seems that the general western community is more net-savvy and are more ready to share their thoughts with the rest of the world. Asians on the other hand, tend to be more “shy” or reserved. But still, if you really look hard enough, you do come across some gems along the way.
One such “gem” is Catholic Writings (rss) by Daniel Tay (a.k.a. Catholic Writer). Daniel is an author and a journalist for Catholic News (Singapore). He’s even written a book, Befriending Jesus. Daniel writes about life as a Catholic in Singapore (hurray!). He also posts some reviews of books, movies, hangouts and food. I’m particularly impressed by his latest 3-part series of questions and answers on the Eucharist:
If you’re curious about Catholics in Singapore, you’ll probably enjoy reading Catholic Writings.
For links to this and other blogs that I’m subscribed to, check out my Links page.
Listeners to EWTN and Catholic Answers LIVE will probably be familiar with Patrick Madrid. You’ve heard him on the radio/podcasts. You’ve read his books. You’ve probably even seen and heard him speak in person. You may even have subscribed to his Envoy magazine. Now, here’s a chance for you to hear (read) more from this brilliant apologist.. his very own blog (rss)!
Patrick notes in his email newsletter (which you can subscribed to from PatrickMadrid.com), that he’ll be “regularly posting there, some things serious, some lighthearted, some theological, some non-theological, but hopefully, all of it interesting and thought-provoking. It will be another way for us to stay in touch.”
If you like Patrick’s frankness and sharpness in approaching sensitive yet important topics of the faith and the world, and have enjoyed what you’ve been seeing/reading/hearing from him all this while, this is one blog you’ll HAVE to keep a watch on! 
For links to this and other blogs I like, please visit my Links page! 
Finally, after much procrastination, I’m writing my very first blog review. I’m still quite new to reading blogs on a regular basis, so I hope I give justice to the blogs that I want review.
In the spotlight today are 2 blogs by Father Philip Neri Powell, OP. I first came across Father Powell’s writings via his blog Domine, da mihi hanc aquam… (rss). The title of the blog is Latin for “God, give me this water“, as according to the translation given by Patrick Madrid on his Thursday Open Line program on EWTN last week. On this blog, Father Powell shares his homilies as well as insightful stuff which he calls “the occasional cranky political rant“. If you’re looking for good solid Catholic analysis of the world around us, this is one blog that’s definitely worth reading!
Through a recent announcement on the Hanc Aquam blog, I discovered Father Powell’s other blog, suppl(e)mental (rss). This blog focus on philosophy, science and theology, and houses many of Father Powell’s very scholarly writings on these subjects. The suppl(e)mental blog also has tons of links to various sites related to faith and science. I’m a new subscriber, and I’m definitely gonna spend some time to read through the various posts there.
Well there, my humble take on 2 fantastic blogs. If you’re looking for more interesting blogs, check out my Links page, where these and other wonderful blogs are listed.
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