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When one does not see what one does not see, one does not even see that one is blind

—Paul Veyne

Friday, May 10

A Diary

Today I ducked into a drugstore and bought a notebook—this notebook right here that I’ in Clearly a momentous event

I’ve never kept (or been tempted to keep) a diary of any kind, and I’ht I’d better try I find it’s a peculiar business, because, though I’ forhere Itnot for themselves but for posterity

I wonder if there’s a child anywhere who hasn’t, at so consciousness, incorporated into his/her address “The World” and “The Universe” Having already done that (al:

I am Jared Osborne, a priest, assistant pastor, parish of St Edward’s, professed of the Order of St Lawrence, Roed to add: not a very good priest (Wow, this diary business is hot stuff! These are words I’ve never dared to whisper, even to ic of this too closely, I can say it’s precisely because I’ood priest” that I feel the need to start this diary at this point in my life

This is excellent This is exac

tly where I have to begin Before I go on to anything else, I have to put it down right here in black-and-white who I ao back as far as o back far enough to figure out how I caest quests of modern times

Recruiting Poster: Why I’m a Laurentian

By long tradition, we Laurentians have been defined in terms of our difference from the Jesuits Some historians say we’re not as bad, some say we’re worse, and some say the only difference between us is that they have a better instinct for public relations Both were founded at roughly the same time to combat the Reformation, and when that battle was lost (or at least over), both redefined themselves as elitist educators And where do little Jesuits and Laurentians come from? Jesuit recruits come from Jesuit schools, and Laurentian recruits come from Laurentian schools

I came to the Laurentians from St Jerome’s University, the intellectual hearth of the order in the United States This may explain why I became a Laurentian, but of course it doesn’t explain why I becaht now is that the reasons I gave when I was in er seem very persuasive to me