Category Archives: Saturday Ramblings

Welcome to the first Saturday Ramblings of 2016. Our Christmas wasn’t white, and the weather outside so far this winter has been anything but frightful here in the Midwest. Still, we may be displaying a bit too much optimism to put up a red convertible as our ride for the week. Ah well, even though we haven’tContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: January 10, 2016”

Santa is enjoying a well-deserved rest, but we’re back on the road and rambling! We’ll spice our journey today with some tweets we unwrapped on Christmas morning, gifts from Funny or Die and The Church Curmudgeon. First, here is one practical reason why “contemporary” churches don’t do liturgy… Second, people have no idea how stressful it is forContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: December 26, 2015”

Hello, friends, and welcome to the weekend. Ready to Ramble? Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and a coalition of dozens of prominent social conservatives and Evangelicals are reportedly planning to endorse Sen. Ted Cruz. Their goal is to avoid a split in “the evangelical vote.” Mike Huckabee,  the former evangelical pastor, says heContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings, December 19, 2015”

Isn’t that a lovely scene portrayed above? Ah, Christmas with the family. It was all so perfect, right? Well, as we ramble today, we feature a few more realistic pictures of what family Christmas is often really like — quirky, strange, and downright dysfunctional. Actually, some of these family Christmas photos make me want to convertContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: December 12, 2015”

In honor of my brother-in-law with whom we just spent Thanksgiving, who once drove a bright orange version of this ’73 beauty, we feature today’s two-door Matador, which he lovingly remembers as “a piece of junk.” Of course, he only paid 300 bucks for it, but it is true that AMC/Rambler made some dreadful cars inContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: November 28, 2015”

I’m in Nashville and feeling a little sporty today. How do you like this hot little number from 1966? Sweet, huh? We’ll have to take turns riding together, but I’ll be glad to have anyone who wants a wild ride to join me for a ramble this Saturday. I’ll take anyone, but my wife gets theContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: November 21, 2015”

Dark November is advancing and so I’ve chosen a black beauty of a Rambler for us to ramble about in today. Isn’t this ’57 wagon magnificent? Well, what are you waiting for? Hop in, and let’s ramble! Since we are rapidly approaching the end of this liturgical year and the beginning of Advent, today’s RamblingsContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: November 7, 2015”

Need a classy vehicle in which to take the little ones Trick-or-Treating tonight? Ditch that SUV and pile them into this sweet ’59 Ambassador Cross Country so they can fill it and themselves with candy and laughter. It’s Halloween. Let’s Ramble! First, this public service announcement for Daylight Savings Time (thanks, Clark Bunch!): Second, becauseContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: October 31, 2015 — Scariest Creatures Alive Edition”

It’s the last full weekend of October and the world is colorful and sad. A perfect time to pile in the old Cross Country and go for a Saturday drive. Let’s ramble!   The only thing I will say about the Cubs and their loss to the Mets in the NLCS is that this isContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: October 24, 2015”

This may be the peak leaf-peeper weekend in central Indiana, so I suggest we jump in our sleek little Metropolitan and ramble. Ready? The Democrats held their first presidential debate on Tuesday night, pitting Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders and three unnamed guys they pulled in from the neighborhood. While most pundits gave Clinton theContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: October 17, 2015”