Husband. Lay Dominican. Newspaper columnist. Podcaster. Pipe smoker & creator of The Famous Howie Kailin Blend. Long-pants detractor, short-pants enthusiast.
Joined April 2007
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25 Aug 2025
The "meet our friars" page for the Midwest Augustinians came ready to play.
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Reminder: The proposal submission deadline is Monday, June 1, for our 26th Fall Conference (Oct 1–3) on the topic of wisdom from age to age. Learn more at: ethicscenter.nd.edu/programs…
ALT But Where Can She Be Found? Wisdom From Age to Age. 26th Annual Fall Conference, October 1–3, 2026. University of Notre Dame de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture.
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May 7
While I appreciate innovation in the processed frozen potato space, how am I going to be able to tell my Dino Tots from my chicken nugget Dino Buddies when I am enjoying fine dining?
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Apr 10
A blessed MEATING Friday to you all! Christ is risen! Alleluia!
ALT A slice of delicious bacon, fried crisp and full of flavor.
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Mar 30
The Oxford comma is doing vital work in this sentence from @PillarCatholic's Starting Seven.
ALT Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship, discussed Traditionis custodes, attraction to the Traditional Latin Mass, and liturgical abuses in a March 17 interview with OSV News.
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Mar 6
“Given recent events, it is our duty and obligation to recenter and rearticulate the strongest possible moral and theological claims that undergird Notre Dame’s ‘unwavering’ institutional commitment to life.” – dCEC Director Jennifer Newsome Martin in Public Discourse
How Catholic Should a Catholic Institution Be? thepublicdiscourse.com/2026/…
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Over 2,000 students gathered for #Candlemas Mass last night amid freezing temperatures at the new "St. Olaf's Ice Chapel" on North Quad at @NotreDame, constructed by seniors in Coyle Hall.
@NDadmissions @NDSMCObserver @NDAlumni
(OSV News video/Jack Murray)
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Feb 4
Hey @belkin: have you heard the outcry yet and made moves to reverse your terrible decision about WeMo Cloud Services? Leaving your customers hanging is no way to thrive as a company.
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Feb 2
Just went to turn off a fan connected to a @belkin WeMo smart switch and discovered that they shut down the service at some point today. I had no warning, as it was integrated with Alexa.
I have a bunch of WeMo devices, all now dead.
Awful decision by Belkin.
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Feb 2
The package finally arrived on Saturday. 21 days after being mailed, 14 of those spent in the Indianapolis hub. Total incompetence.
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Jan 23
Quick update: after 6 days sitting in Indy, @USPS sent my package BACK TO CHICAGO, where it immediately was sent BACK TO INDY, where it is being held hostage again. @USPSHelp, do you even know what you're doing? @OIGUSPS, you have a problem!
Jan 22
I see that the Indianapolis @USPS mail hub is up to its old tricks again: my package has been sitting in Indy since 1/16, just doing nothing. What is up with this, @OIGUSPS @USPSHelp? Anything @SenToddYoung or @SenatorBanks can do?
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Jan 22
I see that the Indianapolis @USPS mail hub is up to its old tricks again: my package has been sitting in Indy since 1/16, just doing nothing. What is up with this, @OIGUSPS @USPSHelp? Anything @SenToddYoung or @SenatorBanks can do?
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Jan 14
Dear Dulcolax: Despite your TV commercial’s invitation, I don’t want some lady diving into a public pool after getting loaded up on your fine product. I’d rather not think about the “poo” in “pool”.
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Jan 13
My heart goes out to those unlucky individuals around the world who are oppressed by the metric system and will therefore never experience the joy that is Fruit By the Foot.
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26 Nov 2025
Beginning at 1PM ET, dCEC Director @jennymartin314 is delivering the annual Newman Lecture at the Notre Dame–Newman Centre for Faith & Reason in Dublin, on “The Life of Wisdom: Mary, Doctrinal Development, and the Doctors of the Church.” Livestream: youtube.com/live/Z-t4CeGDgmo…
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