Is the Tribulation about to begin? Is it already occurring? Chances are it is.

The Malachy Prophecies have NEVER been wrong. They basically consist of a few sentences about each pope, detailed chronologically from the beginning by Malachy. Pope John Paul II was De labore Solis or "Of the Eclipse/Labor Of the Sun." Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla, was born on May 18, 1920 during a solar eclipse. He also comes from behind the former Iron Curtain (the East, where the Sun rises). He might also be seen to be the fruit of the intercession of the Woman Clothed with the Sun labouring in Revelation 12 (because of his devotion to the Virgin Mary). His Funeral occurred on 8 April, 2005 when there was a solar eclipse visible in the Americas. Quite a coincidence since they happen so infrequently. Lunar eclipses happen all the time but solar eclipses are much rarer.

Pope Benedictine XVI is attributed as Gloria Olivae, or "Glory of the Olives." The Benedictine order traditionally said this Pope would come from their order, since a branch of the Benedictine order is called the Olivetans. St Benedict is said to have prophesied that before the end of the world, a member of his order would be Pope and would triumphantly lead the Church in its fight against evil. While the Holy Father chose the name "Benedict", this does not seem enough to fulfil the prophecy. Nor is it clear how Benedict XVI (a Bavarian) is "Glory of the Olives". Since he is said to have remarked in the Conclave after saying he would take the name Benedict that it was partly to honour Benedict XV, a pope of peace and reconciliation, perhaps Benedict XVI will be a peacemaker in the Church or in the World, and thus carry the olive branch.

Now the really interesting part was that the Gloria Olivae was deemed as the 2cd to last pope that we will ever have in the Malachy Prophecies. After that time the final pope is accredited as Petrus Romanus, or "Peter the Roman."

In persecutione extrema S.R.E. sedebit Petrus Romanus, qui pascet oves in multis tribulationibus: quibus transactis civitas septicollis diruetur, & Judex tremêdus judicabit populum suum. Finis.

(In extreme persecution, the seat of the Holy Roman Church will be occupied by Peter the Roman, who will feed the sheep through many tribulations, at the term of which the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the formidable Judge will judge his people. The End.)

So it is believed that after Benedict's reign as pope, Pope Peter will lead the church through its greatest persecution, and ultimately against the antiChrist who is due to appear any time now. With the mass of "cafeteria Catholics" who pick and choose the parts they like the most about Catholicism, it is not hard to believe that with Benedicts' coronation there will be great dissent due to his conservative and traditional ways. People keep rambling about having a "progressive pope." That's an oxymoron...popes are not meant to bring about change persay...arrogance is what changes things that have been set in stone. Popes have humility in that they do not change what is decreed by a higher seat than they.

Interesting stuff. Scary stuff.

You know after the Wendy's chili incident? Remember that? You know what I had right after that happened? Wendy's chili. IF that actually happened do you know how clean the chili would have to be afterwards? If American Airlines has a plane that crashes, I'm flying American Airlines next. Cheaper tickets and the highest probability that nothing will go wrong lol. But the chili thing cracks me up because it looks like it never even happened. That's right folks, just another Californian pathological liar!

So movies I'm excited for?

1. Of course Star Wars Episode III Revenge Of the Sith tops the list.
2. Kingdom Of Heaven looks to be the best Crusade movie ever. Convert those infidels!
3. A Lot Like Love. Yeah it's Ashton Kutcher but his movies have really been enjoyable as of late.
4. Hitchhikers Guide To The Universe. Sounds interesting, looks interesting.
5. War Of The Worlds. Spielbergs next effort. Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning...oh yeah I can smell Summer Blockbuster.

And of course "The Sopranos" will begin shooting its sixth season April 29, but Imperioli said he hasn't yet seen a script. Creator and producer David Chase has said this will be the show's last season, but the cast hopes it will be otherwise.

Thank God. I need the last season. I need questions answered. I need to know Tony's fate. I need some Uncle Junior! So many things can happen...it's going to be crazy.

Well I've done it...I'm back down to 270 lbs. This was the lightest I was after I got home from college last year. And I'm not stopping there. My target weight is 205 lbs and I plan to get there. Not that any of you care lol. Viva El Pete!

Viva il Papa.

So this week has been busy and hectic so far. NYC on Monday, Parsippany on Tuesday, Morris Hills Wednesday, AIP in Somerset tomorrow, and finally back to the home office on Friday. It's been hectic to say the least. I'm suddenly in charge of so much for IntelliSync, it's exciting and terrifying at the same time.

In fun news my Treo is sitting on my doorstep right now, waiting for me to pick it up and open it. Going to the driving range tonight to prepare for my Tiger Woods glory days this spring and summer. Today is PAY DAY! And the new season of Family Guy is out in less than 2 weeks! Sunday May 1! www.familyguy.com CHECK IT.

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Democrats, using their outdated playbook, which led to their defeat in the last two elections, relied on the results of polls to make their decision in support of starving Terri Schiavo. Republicans stuck to their guns and used morals and values to take the side of life.

Initial polls that democrat lawmakers used to make their decision showed that over sixty-three percent of Americans agreed with the decision to starve Terri to death. Quite a convincing number, except the polls were flawed. We now know the questions asked in the liberal biased polls were misleading, since they implied Terri was unconscious and on life support. Which she was not.


Most people polled assumed she was unconscious and being kept alive on a life support system. They assumed that pulling the plug on Terri was the only rational thing to do. After all, none of the people polled would want to be kept alive in the same circumstance.

One problem, the polls would have come out differently if questions were asked in the right context.

Once again Democrats misjudged the feelings of Americans in the Red States. Their misjudgment will no doubt become apparent in the next election. When they lose once again

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Here are some more that really piqued my interest.

My first impressions of the pope came in my first years of Catholic elementary school. Pope John Paul II was on a U.S. tour and members of my school and church traveled to see him. Our very old, very tiny first-grade teacher, Mrs. Fisher, told her story upon returning: Though she had been in the front row of worshippers, she was quickly pushed back by the crowds of people reaching out to touch the pope's hand. Nearly overtaken by the crowds, Mrs. Fisher felt a hand take hers and pull her up. I will never forget the light in that little old woman's eyes as she told us she looked up to see that it was the pope who had taken her hand. He had noticed and taken the time for the smallest and frailest of the thousands of worshippers, to touch this woman's life so wonderfully and so simply, and for that my pope means the world to me.
Jamie Hazard;
Cape Girardeau, Missouri

I think he was a saint in the making. Twenty-three years ago my daughter was in her second bout with cancer. We were granted an audience with the pope and he blessed her. Her cancer is gone and she has been in remission for 20 years. He truly was/is a saint.
Paul Dombrosky; Honolulu, Hawaii

John Paul II was the embodiment of the Vicar of Christ. He answered only to Jesus. He was not swayed by public opinion or the opinion of world leaders. He stood for truth at all times. His consistent stand for life included the unborn, starving children, workers, families, students, the elderly, the infirm and even condemned prisoners. Truth does not vary over time, neither did John Paul's moral teaching. He was an inspiration to all. As a Polish-American I lost not only my Holy Father but a fellow Pole as well. John Paul II acted with the Lord to free Europe from Soviet enslavement, yet that is not his greatest achievement. His example of what one man can do with faith in Jesus is his lasting gift to humanity.
Mark Stepien; Dearborn Heights, Michigan

CNN has posted some of the emails they've received regarding the Pope and his impact on them. Some were very moving and interesting.

I am a Tanzanian Catholic currently working in Tokyo. Pope John Paul II visited Tanzania in 1990. What I saw that day, the crowd from all walks of life, different faiths flocked to see and meet him. Everyone wanted to shake [his] hand. It was not possible, but when he raised his right hand to bless us, I felt an electric shock in my body, my faith strengthened and tears went down our eyes. He was a man of God who wanted to see no one in pain. The way he died in pain, I think he wanted to take all the pain people face in the world today. He has died for us, and as a Catholic, I believe we have to carry on what he lived for. Though he died, I also believe he is somewhere watching and guiding us. There is no way for anyone to shake my faith ever since I saw this man of God in September 1990 in Tanzania. May his soul rest in peace. Amen.
Assumpta Massoi; Tokyo, Japan

Youth today are a cynical bunch, but when my daughter, who is barely out of her teens, learned that the pope met with and forgave Mehmet Ali Agca [his would-be assassin] she commented, "he was truly a good man." I cannot think of a better way to describe him.
Enrique Olmos; Sydney, Australia

John Paul the Great, your influential words shook the structures of the modern world. Not only were you the pope, you were a great person, one whom I feel was right in the heart of the action but also in the hearts of the people no matter the religion. We will miss and love you always, papa.
James; Belfast, Northern Ireland

As any Catholic, I feel orphaned as [if] I have lost a father. But also I feel we have won a saint in heaven to pray for us.
Alejandro; Buenos Aires, Argentina

I was just myself thinking of this yesterday...and today as well when my phone remarked to me that he will most definitely be a saint. Another saint looking out for us can never hurt, and I realize that this is most definitely a mark in history. St. Theresa, Pope John Paul II, these are big pieces of history that will be ingrained within in for years, decades, centuries...until the ends of time. I must say I'm quite moved by how he had touched so many, especially those not of the Catholic faith. Embodied in that man was, to me, the essence of Roman Catholicism. The selflessness, sacrifice, and indiscriminate love...

Finally thank god. Jamster is going to get their asses handed to them. Maybe we all won't have to listen to those damn annoying commercials anymore. For the COOL ICE choose ICE04! For the SEXY NATASHA text...god I hate that crap.

In funnerer news I turn 23 in 2 days. That's right...April 8 marks the 23rd year of my existence on this planet. I can hear you all clamoring now. Planning on heading down to Atlantic City for the night, then maybe a bar crawl Saturday. Hoo-HA!

What a sad two weeks. Terri Schiavo, Pope John Paul II, among others. Almost as if the showers of spring are tears being let forth.

"I appreciate the example of grace and dignity that [Schiavo's relatives] have displayed at a difficult time. I urge all those who honored Terri Schiavo to continue to work to build a culture of life where all Americans are welcomed and valued and protected, especially those who live at the mercy of others.

"The essence of civilization is that the strong have a duty to protect the weak. In cases where there are serious doubts or questions, the presumption should be in favor of life."

-- President Bush

Counting The Beefs On The NJ Turnpike.
God I love this state.

Anyone remember this?

It's Friday Night!
And The Mood Is Right!
Gonna Have Some Fun!
Show Ya How It's Done!
TGIF!

Wow...Friday nights used to be big stay in nights lol to watch awesome TGIF shows.

The original line up was:

Full House
Family Matters
Perfect Strangers
Just the Ten of Us

There was also also a show with Heather Locklear that was short lived. And My Wish about a genie. Babytalk a spin off on Look Who's Talking. Dinosaurs...which ended depressingly when they recreated the meteors hitting and everyone died lol. Interesting enough were the spinoffs. Perfect Strangers came first, then Famiyl Matters was a spin off of that (Harriet was the elevator woman in PS), then Urkel jet-packed off into Step By Step. He also had cameos in Full House, and a few other shows. Good memories...

YAY FRIDAY!

Reast easy Theresa Schiavo.

Here's an email written sometime last week.

Shes NOT a vegetable - and PVS is not even a medically agreed upon diagnosis or defnition, it's what some doctors call people when they don't see much hope of them coming out of it. But some do, in fact 43% of PVS improve and some have woken up entirely. PVS is just what they call you when nothing seems to be working, but every single case is completely different.

She is not in a coma, she is not even on life support. The only thing she can't do is swallow food, and they haven't tried in over 10 years to see if that works now too. She appears to respond to stimulus, the videos are pretty convincing. She also appears to have emotions - though idiot doctors are saying they are spontaneous. Hard for me to see if someone is smiling, that they aren't feeling happy on some level.

The whole case rests on the fact that her ex husband, who was cheating on her at the time her heart stopped and is suspected of having abused her, doesn't want any more of the millions he won in the malpractice case used for her care, because he doesn't give a crap about her. He has a live in girlfriend for 10 years, and 2 children with her. and right after terry got sick, he had all of terrys cats put to sleep because he hated them. Meanwhile this dude's whole argument is that terry "said" she wouldn't want to live in this state. Before. No one else ever heard her say that, she never wrote it, or signed a document saying that AND he didn't bring it up until she was IN this state for 10 YEARS, and AFTER he got his award money.

Whether she is aware or not isn't the issue as miuch as the fact that there is no way of knowing 100% if she is aware or not, OR if she will ever improve. Some suddenly snap out of it like nothing every happened. She may be conscious and aware, but simply lacks the brain capacity to outwardly respond to stimilus - and if that were true, we'd never have a way of knowing.

Point is, is you have to err on the side of LIFE, unless you have a clear indication not to. Some estranged husband's wish to kill her because it's sapping his award money, is not a credible PROOF that she wanted to die. We have to assume she wanted to live. Period.

The Catholic position on this is very clear. And as Catholics we should support it. Terri has a fundamental right to live, without outside interference. Technically, allowing herself to die, is a mortal sin by Catholic law. For others to allow this is also against Catholic law - and Terri is Roman Catholic. Her husband keeps talking about her going to be with the "Lord", when he is doing something against that very God's wishes and His laws.

This is more about the left and liberals wanting to push a culture of death, so they can conveniently euthanize and kill anyone they think is "inconvenient" or a sap on our resources. The same people who want to kill infants in the womb, and draw arbirtray lines when that is ok to kill and when it is not. They are drawing a line that it's ok to kill the incapacitated, because one dude SAYS thats what she would have wanted. Thats a bad precendent and a slippery slope. Only ONE other society in history promoted the euthanasia of the disabled... Hitler and Nazi Germany. What I love are the same people who are pro-abortion are the same screaming lesbians who say Scott Peterson is guilty of TWO murders. One was a baby in the womb. These same people say aborting a baby in the womb is not murder. It's crazy. What the world is coming to, is that life is only valuable if it's WANTED. A baby in the womb is only murdered if it was WANTED; if she wanted to abort it, it wouldnt be murder. And same with terry schiavo. Her husband doesn't WANT her. And he is her legal guardian (and wont "divorce" her or release guardianship to her parents, who love her and will take care of her for the rest of her life, even if she STAYS this way. He WANTS her dead.

The final contradictory argument is, these "right to death" activists love to say that we should be merciful and kill people to end their suffering. But with Terri Schiavo, these same people are saying she is incapable of feeling suffering when they slowly starve and dehydrate her to death (which no one can know for sure). If she isn't capable of suffering, then her quality of life isn't bad and why kill her at all??? Makes zero sense.

Heres one simple, final last way to look at it. Even if we accept that it is ok to be merciful those that are "dying" by helping the process along, the truth is - we can ease their suffering without killing them and let nature take its course, as if you are truly "dying" you will "die" Terri Schiavo is NOT DYING. She will stay awake alive and function and make her family happy and possibly be happy herself - except WE ARE KILLING HER, by witholding food and water from her. Barbaric and disgusting. It shows the culture of death that we as a society are descending into.

Check out freerepublic.com - I'm sure the debate is raging there still.

Old School

Kindergarten
What were you like: Extroverted. Very popular and kooky. Friends with everyone. Cute little blonde kid.
Who was your teacher: I barely can remember her name. So I won't list it in case I f up.
Who was your best friend: No best friends this early on.
Who did you have a crush on: Girls had cooties.
Something random: I remember making those shrinky-dinks back then for Christmas ornaments.

First Grade
What were you like: Still outgoing.
Who was your teacher: Mrs. Ark. Hawaiian teacher who since has moved back to Hawaii!Who was your best friend:
Who did you have a crush on: No crushes! First grade!
Something random: Angela Smarook was in my class. Her sister and her died in a fire that summer :( We were friends and she was going to be in my 2cd grade class too...

Second Grade
What were you like: Still outgoing. Friends with everyone. Part of a "group" of boys who were all friends.
Who was your teacher: Hanft. She was a pure spawn of Satan. She disliked me and I could tell. I had a few dreams about her turning into a witch with huge boils and warts and stuff.
Who was your best friend: Justin Buzzio. He moved away after that year and I never saw him again :(
Who did you have a crush on: Kimberly Faulkner. I was obsessed with those cool little ball hair ties she wore.
Something random: In 2cd grade I remember something all the boys did, and I did too. We would break crayons in half and then stick them back together so hard they looked like the were whole again. One boy, John Sousa (yes named after John Phillip Sousa) shoved a bunch up the radiator and I got in trouble for it.

Third Grade
What were you like: I got glasses that year so I felt like I looked a little dorky. I was still popular though and made lots of friends.
Who was your teacher: Mrs. Molly Maffei.
Who was your best friend: Matt Radzio. I'd played baseball with him for a bit but we were better friends by this point.
Who did you have a crush on: Kim Faulkner still and Kristin Sunberg.
Something random: Mrs. Maffei would always grade her tests with a big self drawn smiley face. One day I was chewing on a piece of paper like gum, and she made me spit it out into her and in front of the glass. (No gum chewing allowed in our school and no hats either!)


Fourth Grade
What were you like: Not shy at all, had a lot of good friends. Matt Radzio, Brad Boyle, Matt Osterman. 2cd to best year of elementary school!
Who was your teacher: Mr. Gara, father of Becky Gara who went to another elementary school in the area. Science oriented teacher.
Who was your best friend: Matt Radzio.
Who did you have a crush on: Kristen Montesano, Erin Hull
Something random: I remember we were the class who had the chicken incubator. I wanted to hold the cool white chicken, not one of the stupid yellow ones. It pooped in my hand. Also Adam Campbell kept f'ing with my diarama of the solar system done with clay. He kept going back there and sticking those split metal dividers for holed papers into them. Bastard.

Fifth Grade
What were you like: Still very outgoing. Popular among a few different classes/groups.
Who was your teacher: Mr. Dileo, hands down the best teacher I had in elementary school.
Who was your best friend: Matt Radzio & Brad Boyle
Who did you have a crush on: Kristen Montesano, Becky Fetzer
Something random: We had a huge play that year just our class. I got to play "Clean Angel" and was voted 2cd best character in the play.

Sixth Grade
What were you like: Junior high blues
Who was your teacher: Multiple teachers...
What was your favorite class: Reading with Mrs. Buchanan! Science with Mr. Haas
Who was your best friend: Matt Radzio, Jason Carr
Who did you have a crush on: a lot of people
Something random: Kurt Cobain died that year. I remember Jen Renaud coming to school like Cousin It with all her hair over her face because she was so depressed. One of my teacher's name was Mr. Griffith and we all made fun of it because there was a popular book at that time called Killing Mr. Griffin. That was until he had a massive ear operation and was out the rest of the year. I was big into Blind Melon as they were my first favorite band.

Seventh Grade

What were you like: Kind of shy
Who was your teacher: Bunches, one for every subject
What was your favorite class: Reading/Science
Who was your best friend: Matt Radzio
Who did you have a crush on: Laura "Metax-Fax-Machine" Metaxas
Something random: The really weird girl Lisa Pueyo kept hitting on me. These things stay with you...

Eighth Grade
What were you like: Popular in my own "click"
Who was your teacher: Tons
What was your favorite class: Mrs. Pratt's Lit and that weird teacher's reading class.
Who was your best friend: Matt Radzio, Jesse Burdett, Scott Stephens, Brian Wershonkski, Jon Alosi
Who did you have a crush on: Meghan Buckley
Something random: I convinced our Spanish teacher Mrs. Thompson to have (COUNT IT) 23 "fiestas" that school year. Someone in said class was named "Marie-Juana" as their spanish name. First big truth or dare game.

Freshman Year
What were you like: this was my rebelous year
What was your favorite class: Science with Mr. Trenchak!
Who was your best friend: Matt Radzio, Jon Alosi
Who did you have a crush on: Lots can't remember any
Something random: Had my first big date. Had a lot of big dates that year. Devan Theiler, Katina Cassidy,and a few others.

Sophomore Year
What were you like: Unruly towards parents, a little insecure
What was your favorite class: History with Doc Timpko. Tammy Fox was in that class. She moved there that year and started dating my best friend Jon Alosi immediately.
Who was your best friend: Jon Alosi, Matt Radzio, Jesse Burdett, Scott Stephens
Who did you have a crush on: Allison Bevan, Kelly Mojka
Something random: I remember going to ask Jen Evancho to Homecoming but she ran away when I was approaching her on the main walkway. That bitch. Went stag and had a better time than HER! hahahaha Also took some kid out when my dog Buttons died ::tear:: I was so upset I literally killed anyone who came near me. I had 28 sacks that SINGLE game.

Junior Year
What were you like: Very popular within my own group. Cracked everyone up at lunch. Not an amazing student in subjects I didn't like. Excellent football player according to my coach.
What was your favorite class: Cooking. Yes Home Ec rocked my world. With Mrs. Wisniewski who scared the crap out of me.
Who was your best friend: Matt Radzio, Amar Trivedi, Matt Byorick
Who did you have a crush on: Kelly Mojka, Allison Bevan ::sigh::
Something random: Took some kid out of the football game. Think he broke something in the knee!

Senior Year
What were you like: Senioritic
What was your favorite class: Engineering Technology with Paul "Special K" Kloberg
Who was your best friend: Matt Radzio, Amar Trivedi
Who did you have a crush on: Still Kelly Mojka and Allison.
Something random: My design for our Engineering Tech project was almost the winner. And also the most simple. A mousetrap catapult idea that outdid almost every teams device, and embarassed them in the process.

It's Good Friday...so here are some C.S. Lewis quotes that are my favorites in honorarium of Easter 2005. Hard to believe it was two thousand and five years ago when Christ was walking the Earth.

"You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."

"What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what kind of a person you are"

"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world"

"The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not."

"If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this."

"Faith... is the art of holding on to things your reason once accepted, despite your changing moods."

"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."

"Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours."

*** "I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else." ***

"The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal."

"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world"

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, "What! You too? I thought I was the only one!"

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.

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