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pwelther
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Posted: Fri May 25th, 2007 08:28 pm |
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I recently read a great book by Dr. Anthony Rizzi titled "The Science Before Science - A guide to thinking in the 21st Century". This is a great book for anyone like me that has a background in Science. Dr. Rizzi expains St. Thomas Aquanis' Catholic Philosophy in a way that youth and adults that want proof of God in what they can experience. His section on the proof of God was especially helpful for a youth in my confirmation small group that is a very bright Catholic School 11th grader looking for truth but confused.
You can order the book at: http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=24807
For more information on Dr. Rizzi's ministry go to:
http://www.iapweb.org/
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CajunRick
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Posted: Fri May 25th, 2007 09:00 pm |
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pwelther wrote: I recently read a great book by Dr. Anthony Rizzi titled "The Science Before Science - A guide to thinking in the 21st Century".
First of all, Patricia, welcome to the Coming Home Network. It's nice to finally have someone around here who thinks jambalaya is something besides a Hank Williams song, and who knows that when I say an alligator lives in my front yard, I'm not kidding! I live in a neighboring diocese (Houma-Thibodaux) but have a lot of friends in the Diocese of Baton Rouge ... especially the southern end, around Labadieville and Napoleonville. Most of the people around here think I'm a little nuts, which of course is probably not untrue, but then how sane can you be if you don't celebrate Lundi Gras, and share King Cake starting on Twelfth Night?
Have you lived in the Baton Rouge area long, or are you a Katrina survivor?
I am truly grateful to have you here. I've been outnumbered by all these yankees for far too long! As we both know, two cajuns are enough to take on whatever else the world sends our way!
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David W. Emery
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Posted: Fri May 25th, 2007 09:07 pm |
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cajunrick wrote:I've been outnumbered by all these yankees for a l-o-n-g time!
Ha! I live a LOT farther south than you do. How do you think I feel?
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CajunRick
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Posted: Fri May 25th, 2007 09:20 pm |
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David W. Emery wrote: cajunrick wrote:I've been outnumbered by all these yankees for a l-o-n-g time!
Ha! I live a LOT farther south than you do. How do you think I feel?
To a true Cajun, "Yankee" is not a north versus south thing; it's a cajun versus everyone else thing. That means you're a yankee, too!
Basically, if you call that thing in the middle of the highway a "median", you're a yankee!
(You realize, of course, that his is your very first off-topic, humerous post on CHN? As many years as you've been around here, we've finally gotten to you. I consider that a tremendous victory! Next thing you know, you'll be using smilies!  )
Last edited on Fri May 25th, 2007 09:25 pm by CajunRick
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David W. Emery
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Posted: Fri May 25th, 2007 09:57 pm |
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To a true Cajun, "Yankee" is not a north versus south thing; it's a cajun versus everyone else thing. That means you're a yankee, too!
There are a few Cajuns around these parts, too. We call them “snowbirds.”
You realize, of course, that his is your very first off-topic, humerous post on CHN? As many years as you've been around here, we've finally gotten to you. I consider that a tremendous victory! Next thing you know, you'll be using smilies!
I admit it’s a rarity. But I’ve been feeling pretty good today for a change. And when the streets started flooding, I got to go home early.
My workplace is high and dry, but it’s located on a street that floods badly at either end, making it impossible to get out if you wait too long. So when the deluge hit, everybody abandoned ship. The water was already most of the way up on the car’s wheels, so we got out just in time.
And I do use smilies on occasion. Just not very often. 
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pwelther
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Posted: Sat May 26th, 2007 10:36 am |
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I was born in Lafayette of two wonderful cajun parents (Broussard and Prejean). We lived in several states as a child many in the Bible Belt. In the late 80's my husband and I with family moved to home to Louisiana and it has been wonderful.
I sometimes attend Adore in Houma with some young adults from church. Maybe we can get together there and meet.
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Posted: Sat May 26th, 2007 01:38 pm |
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pwelther wrote: I was born in Lafayette of two wonderful cajun parents (Broussard and Prejean). We lived in several states as a child many in the Bible Belt. In the late 80's my husband and I with family moved to home to Louisiana and it has been wonderful.
My parents are from Abbeville but I grew up in Thibodaux, and I've lived in Lafourhce Parish since childhood.
I sometimes attend Adore in Houma with some young adults from church. Maybe we can get together there and meet.
We might be able to arrange that. Let me know next time you're coming to town!
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Posted: Sat May 26th, 2007 02:12 pm |
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Louisiana? You mean the Third World country that is part of the United States? 
Round here Luzianne folk don't call deysef "Cajon", dey call deysef "Creole" and dey make betta' Jambalay, boudain and any udder ting dan Cajon.
My wife's from Opelousas. That's near Eunice.
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Posted: Sat May 26th, 2007 03:15 pm |
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Juan wrote: Round here Luzianne folk don't call deysef "Cajon", dey call deysef "Creole" and dey make betta' Jambalay, boudain and any udder ting dan Cajon.
Cajun and Creole are definitely different, especially in cooking. Creole has more of a Spanish influence and is centered around New Orleans. Cajun is "Acadian", primarily French, centered at Lafayette.
My wife's from Opelousas. That's near Eunice.
And Opelousas is definitely Cajun, not Creole, and not far from Ville Platte. Eunice, on the other hand, is closer to the Sabine River, where the Texas influence pollutes the bloodline. I have family out in that area, and they're actually Dallas Cowboys fans! Corrupted!
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Credo Catholic
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Posted: Sat May 26th, 2007 05:23 pm |
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| Rick, you may have talked about this somewhere else in the Forum I haven't gotten to yet, but did you have property damage from Katrina? What was that experience like?
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Posted: Sat May 26th, 2007 05:50 pm |
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Credo Catholic wrote: Rick, you may have talked about this somewhere else in the Forum I haven't gotten to yet, but did you have property damage from Katrina? What was that experience like?
We did not have any physical damage at all but we have had a severe economic impact. The first major hurricane I experienced was Betsy in 1965 and this one was a little worse, but not much. Areas to our east were devastated by Katrina, and to the west and south by Rita, but my particular area was spared by both.
The strange thing is that the employment picture here isi fantastic for young, entry level workers, and for college educated workers. There are virtually no jobs available for the middle aged, which is where I fall.
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Posted: Sat May 26th, 2007 07:59 pm |
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| Those of us in other parts of the country tend to forget you all are still struggling. We will keep you all in our prayers.
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