Roman Catholic Idol

Roman Catholic Idol

And Now...

It's time for the latest installment of Who Wants to be the Pope?

Welcome back to the island of Santo Dorito, 40 miles off the coast of Italy, where only the candidates, Vatican officials, and our production team are allowed for the duration.

In our previous episode, Cardinal Mancucci was eliminated after failing a Faith Challenge. He appeared really confident when he stepped off the dock, but he fell right into the water.

The post session voting was once again a deadlock, and the rocket launched high over the island, once again trailed black smoke.

So let's get to it. Remember, Brother Salazar of the Green Order has immunity today, thanks to his successful healing of World of Warcraft of a deadly virus. Brother Salazar is considered by many to be the dark horse in this contest. On the other hand, there are those who consider his success to be a one time fluke. Certainly, Cardinal Adrianalli, with his steady string of effective blessings, continues to be the favorite.

And here come the candidates, coming to the chapel for the morning Mass. Wait-- i'm getting a bulletin, slow down please, i can't make out-- what? Say that again? Ladies and Gentlemen, i have just received word that one of the candidates may actually be the Antichrist! Investigators at both Mother Jones and The Daily Beast are working now to confirm the information and to try to identify who it is. Folks, this could be a real game changer!

This is my other journal

This is my other journal. I created The Escapist Club for gaming related subjects. This is for everything else.

The name of this journal refers to the trouble i have coming up with the right words when i'm writing. Speaking is a lot easier, but when i need to commit something to the possibility of extended existance, i often find myself stuck at critical points. It always seems vitally important that i express myself properly. So i write and rewrite, consult the dictionary and the thesaurus, and even set the work aside. Setting aside is not an actual creative strategy for me, btw, i have a lazy subconscious that doesn't like to tick away at a problem in the background whiile i'm doing something else.

Even naming this journal was an example of that. I didn't necessarily intend to use that theme. But other things i thought of, like the names of Steely Dan albums, or references to attitudes, or to the miscellany i'm planning to put here, were all taken as Blogger addresses. So were references to this problem as well. No surpirse, i can't be the only one. But eventuially i found a name that was available and meaningful so i decided to run with it.

The folks at National Novel Writing Month refer to this problem as "your inner editor". I have failed twice to finish the project because i couldn't suppress mine. We'll see how i do this year.