[Archive] #6

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Our “Journey to Orthodoxy” page is nearly complete. Just need to have the ol’ curmudgeon check it over and be sure I didn’t leave anything out.

Have a really bad nerve-pinch “catch” in my back today – I think there is a chiropractic visit in my near future. Got all but 4 cases completed, but those 4 are “bears.” Don’t think I can even pick one of them up with this catch in my back.

Interesting about the visit of Metropolitan Laurus to Patriarch Alexy. Many people are upset about it, but more are relieved that these conversations are going on. I don’t think a reunion between the ROCOR and the Moscow Patriarchate will happen in my lifetime, but I do think it is going to happen in the next 30 or 40 years.

I’m continually stunned by the tasteless and sexually explicit ads on TV. There isn’t a channel to go to in order to avoid them, unless I want to watch Disney, Nickolodeon or the ‘Toons channel – to whicih I say “bleah.” I don’t think I would object quite so much except these ads are on during the day and in the early evening when kids are watching. What kind of information are they picking up with all the ads for aphrodisiacs, feminine products, incontinence and gastrointestinal products? One of the grandchildren asked if I used a certain product and just didn’t understand when I explained that was not a topic for general conversation, and even if it were, it was none of his business.

Bah, humbug! I’m beginning to feel like Socrates when he went on his rant about the “younger” generation!

Posted by Elizabeth at 7/13/2004 08:30:00 AM

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{{Of interest – Metropolitan Laurus died just as Great Lent began – and a year AFTER ROCOR and the MP reunited after 80 + years apart! May Metropolitan Laurus’ Memory be Eternal, indeed!!}}