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Yesterday, 16-year old Laura Dekker became the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe by sailboat when she completed her solo journey which she began a year ago. Dekker had wanted to set sail in 2009 when she was 14 but Dutch authorities prevented her by seeking and obtaining joint custody of her with her father who has supported her ambitions from the outset. She was born on a boat in New Zealand and has spent most of her life at sea. Eventually, her father and Dutch authorities reached a compromise which allowed her to set sail last year when she was 15. Here’s a blog post I wrote about the controversy at the time. I realize that many people would be appalled at the idea of a 15-year old girl sail solo around the world. Under normal circumstances it would be a crazy idea but I think Dekker is an exceptional case. Given her background, she probably knows more about the sea than most people twice, perhaps even three times her age. Let me put it
I have one of those very ordinary faces that are a dime-a-dozen in a crowd. People are always telling me, “I work with someone who looks exactly like you,” or “I grew up with someone who could be your double; I hated her, come to think of it.” Or, “we had a maid, looked like you.” But this time, I think I may have found a genuine doppelganger, or one who, at least in 1948, looked like me in my own younger years. She was a religious, a novice with the Sisters of St. Francis, of Perpetual Adoration . The one second-from-left! Right? No, that’s no good — too small — go check it out over here . Right? No, seriously, she looks exactly like me, like my Auntie Lillie and like Great-grandmother Emilia, and of course, like my mother. We’re all spookily similar in cheeks, chin and jowls. It’s kind of cool to think that for generations upon generations — perhaps as far back as in Jesus’ time, there were peasant women who looked like us, wandering around, and being told that they looked exactly like someone else! But of course, I could never have worn such cumbersome headgear. I’d be fingering that thing and wrenching my neck like Rodney Dangerfield — Sr. Maria Incarnata of the Disrespected — and they’d eventually throw me out. Anyway, that’s what I would have looked like, younger, and nunnier. These sisters are a great group , by the way, and they have managed to sustain their numbers, even through the lean times. You can read their latest newsletter here (pdf) . Also, since November 22 remembers the beloved martyr St. Cecilia , here are three new-Cecilia’s recently given the habit: Sister Marie Cecile was recently clothed as a novice with the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration More pictures here (dropbox to Investitures 2011) Sister Cecilia Maria received the sacramental habit of the Passionist nuns last February. Additional slideshow here Sister Mary Cecilia was invested in the habit of a Dominican Nun in May of 2010 , and is now a second-year novice. I am told is it mostly her hauntingly lovely soprano chanting in the background in the nun’s rosary video. She does her patron proud. Click here to view the embedded video. + + + + + + + + In appreciation for all of our monastics who pray for us, all, every day even without our asking. Related: The Daily Gift and Reminder: Habit as Witness Dominican Nuns Christmas Soap now available! More: Me, as a Nun, and New Cecilias!
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I realize I’m biased, but with the exception of the Tampa, FL CNN-Tea Party debate, I’ve been rather unimpressed with the debates. There are too many of you on the stage. There is not enough time to get into the substance of your answers. And you are all making it about each other instead of about Barack Obama. I happen to have a radio show on the largest talk radio station in the country, which is also connected to a large media group with television and radio outlets in lots of swing states — not to mention running this site, etc. So if any of you want to come down to Atlanta, I’m sure I can find us a stage, some TV cameras, get a web stream going, invite C-SPAN, and have an actual conversation. Let’s plan on an hour chat. We’ll not debate, but have a conversation. We’ll talk not just about your future plans and past record, but also your background. If you’re interested, let me know. We can get it done and provide Republican voters something more than “tell us specifically what your economic plan will be in one minute or less or you get the damn Google Chat beep.”
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Dear Republican Presidential Candidates
Today President Obama announced the nomination of Princeton labor economist Alan Krueger to head the Council of Economic Advisers. Krueger is already a veteran of both the Obama and Clinton administrations.
