In all the mayhem of the past week of Catholopolitical blogging, we wanted to take a moment to remark upon some CMR milestones and share a kind mail.
First, some milestones. We here at CMR are coming up on our 2000th post since our inception in April of 2007. Who knew that a couple of guys could have so much to say when they know so little? As surprising as our absurd verbosity is how many people come over to CMR each day to join in the frivolity. During the month of August, more people visited our little den of inanity than ever before and certainly more than we ever expected. We are so very grateful for the support we have received from all quarters. A number of people have written very nice emails to us encouraging us to keep up with our particular brand of brainless blogging. This mail came to us yesterday:
Dear CMR,
Thank you so much for your blog. I want to comment on about every story you guys have by just saying “Right on!” or something along those lines. But the volume of the praise and the passion with which I mean it don’t do it justice. Thank you for your orthodox, humorous and common sense posts.
Well here is one in Lincoln, NE singing your praises and letting others on to your site.
Leaving aside the writer’s obvious bad taste, we are very grateful for his mail and the kind letters sent to us by others. It really means a lot to us that some people enjoy what we do. We have no illusions that we are changing the world or even our little corner of the Catholic blogosphere. But if every once in a while we can make you chuckle, we will have done our job.
Thanks for coming over and reading, commenting, and sharing. We appreciate it and we hope you are having as much fun as we are.
Patrick & Matthew
September 3, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Just so everyone knows, I had nothing to do with the ill conceived invention of the word “Catholopolitical.” I lament the editorial standards of this once great blog. Thank you.
September 3, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Congratulations, guys. You’re both an inspiration to me and my blogging – probably Matthew a little more than Patrick, not that it really matters. đŸ˜‰
Keep up the great work, and when do we see Scene 2 of ‘The Ineffables’?
September 3, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Larry D is hereby banned from this blog. It was nice while it lasted Larry.
September 4, 2008 at 12:14 am
But really guys – I visit regularly both for laughs and for information.
Congrats on a job well done and keep it up.
Mom26 from NC
September 4, 2008 at 12:23 am
CRM is the new Amy!
September 4, 2008 at 12:46 am
You’re taking me out of context.
September 4, 2008 at 1:06 am
Larry,
You express your desire to spoon with Matthew and throw me right under the bus and then you want to claim victimhood?
Matthew is barely literate. I only keep him on the blog as a favor to my Mom. If Matthew inspires you, it must be in a Cuba Gooding Jr. “Radio” kind of way. That is what you meant, right?
If you will stipulate (very publicly) that I am a much superior blogger to Matthew, I will consider unbanning you.
Otherwise, your incredibly evident bad taste will condemn you to reading only Vox Nova until you have done enough penance for this outrageous offense.
September 4, 2008 at 1:48 am
What can I say – I root for the underdog. I’m the ninth of ten kids, the fifth of six boys, so I’m genetically and environmentally conditioned to gravitate towards the underdog. Unless the underdog is a liberal – in that case, I squash ’em!! (that’s a joke, ok?)
It’s very inspirational that you love your Mom so much. And you should add that I’m inspired in a Sean Astin “Rudy” kinda way, too.
And I’m sort of relieved about Vox Nova – you could have chosen The Cafeteria Is Closed.
But let me define “little” if I may. I should have been more specific – the difference is so small, so minute, so infinitesmally unnoticeable, that a more accurate statement would have been: “you are both equally inspirational”.
September 4, 2008 at 1:54 am
Whoa! uncool.
September 4, 2008 at 2:13 am
You guys rock.
September 4, 2008 at 3:27 am
“CRM is the new Amy!”
Oh, silly boy. You’re supposed to say: “CMR is the new Amy!”
September 4, 2008 at 7:16 am
You guys are the best. Wit, charm, and intelligence!
Keep up the great blogging.
In Jesus, Mary, & Joseph,
Tito