The Other D-Day
Movie star and recording artist Doris Day died this week at the age of 97. For some reason, she had been on my mind for a while and I happened to watch a movie of hers recently on YouTube that … Continue reading The Other D-Day
Author: Robert Brancatelli
Occasionally funny humorist and writer. I like to go into the bakeries on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx and ask if the bread is fresh. They love it.
What Your Kids Talk About
I spend a lot of time with undergraduates. I teach them, study with them, ride the university van with them, and even workout with them. So, I can’t help but overhear their conversations. I can tell you that being older … Continue reading What Your Kids Talk About
“Have You Got Cotton Balls?”
“A woman walks by a pharmacy, sticks her head in the front door, and asks the pharmacist, ‘Have you got cotton balls?’” So begins another recent submission to the dad joke collection that began on March 31 this year with … Continue reading “Have You Got Cotton Balls?”
A Dime a Dozen
I don’t want to brag, but I have a lot of bright ideas. For instance, standing on a checkout line at my grocery store the other day, I thought of a great marketing gimmick: tell people that whatever they can … Continue reading A Dime a Dozen
Why People Are Stupid
In a February 19, 2017 article in The New Yorker, “Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds,” Elizabeth Kolbert laid out the reason most people are stupid. I assume I don’t have to argue this. Anyone older than seven knows this … Continue reading Why People Are Stupid
Palm Sunday
Today is Palm Sunday. Last year, I celebrated it in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast. A French Jesuit led a small group of us in the liturgy. I still have the fronds that we had taken from a savanna palm tree … Continue reading Palm Sunday
The Incorrupt Heart
I went to see an incorrupt heart this week. It belonged to Saint Jean Vianney (1786-1859), who served as a parish priest in Ars, France and was canonized as a saint of the church by Pius XI in 1925. Vianney … Continue reading The Incorrupt Heart
