Links of the day.

Catholic:
1. Reciting the creed to get past a nightclub bouncer. [via AmericanPapist]

2. GCatholic.com has some useful and interesting information. Here's the entry for my diocese.

3. Scholar Claims Dead Sea Scrolls 'Authors' Never Existed - We'll see. When people make extravagant, publicity attracting claims like this, I tend to not believe them.

Random:
4. The story of a rapping flight attendant.

5. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies:

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen's beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers—and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Complete with 20 illustrations in the style of C. E. Brock (the original illustrator of Pride and Prejudice), this insanely funny expanded edition will introduce Jane Austen's classic novel to new legions of fans.

6. Book-A-Minute Classics - Classic literature without all that "filler." Personally, I enjoy the quick version of The Old Man and The Sea:

An old man catches a fish that's too big for his boat. The fish gets eaten by sharks. Then he goes home and DIES.

THE END

I always thought that book just went on forever. Beowulf is pretty good too:

Hrothgar:

Let's build a big old dining hall and call it Herot.

(They do. Then Grendel, an ugly guy, takes over Herot and eats people. Beowulf rips his arm off.)

All:

You rule, Beowulf.

(Some people make SPEECHES and tell IRRELEVANT STORIES. Beowulf kills some more STUFF.)

Beowulf:

Wiglaf, I'm dying. See that my funeral pyre fits my greatness.

Wiglaf:

Ok.

THE END

[Thanks Mom]