inconsequential blogging

There are days here at the Daily Journal, like today, when I’m just about worthless. I’ve piddled around today, pecking at the keyboard, staring at that blinking red light on the phone, knowing all the time I should be chasing down stories, working the phones. But, I just can’t do it.

Sometimes I really get sick of listening to my own voice, reading my own work.

They say Thomas Aquinas, at the end of his career, told his people to burn everything. Well, I understand, but the only thing I share with Thomas Aquinas is my ever-increasing waistline.

I think the interview that’s going to be in Saturday’s paper, with Bishop Joseph Latino of the Catholic Diocese of Jackson, is the best interview I’ve ever done. I can say without exception that the bishop was the most candid, unguarded subject I’ve ever asked a question. Really good guy.

I’m not so popular in conservative Catholic circles, but I think even the Medieval folks will like this one. The bishop said things that people of all faiths can appreciate. He really blasted FOCA and said some challenging things about Mississippi’s immigration policies.

Next week’s feature is keyed up and ready to go, also. It deals with Lent and weaves together threads such as Mississippi being the most religious and the most generous state. I need some art to go with it, though.