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The Oxford top ten most irritating phrases.

1. At the end of the day
2. Fairly unique
3. I personally
4. At this moment in time
5. With all due respect
6. Absolutely
7. It’s a nightmare
8. Shouldn’t of
9. 24/7
10. It’s not rocket science

Our Picks

• Fr. Ryan, Brideshead Revisited by Eveyn Waugh
• Fr. Chris, Feed for All, RSS Graphic Tool
• Joshua, Fullness of Truth Conference, Houston 2008
• Daniel, Choosy

The CU Metro

• The USCCB Meeting is underway. The agenda items during the portion of the meeting that is open to media include:
  • an address by Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago and president of the bishops’ conference
  • the election of the USCCB secretary
  • the election of chairmen-elect for five committees (the Committees on National Collections, Cultural Diversity, Doctrine, Pro-Life Activities and Communications)
  • a vote on whether the Revised Grail Psalter should replace the 1970 New American Bible translation at Mass and the 1963 Grail Psalter in the Liturgy of the Hours as the nation’s official liturgical Psalter
  • a vote to accept the International Committee for English in the Liturgy’s translation of the Proper of Seasons– a translation rejected in June
  • a vote on an Order for the Blessing of the Child in the Womb
• Becket Fund to Award Canterbury Medal to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap
• The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is a questionable collection…
• Pope Benedict XVI sent a personal message to President-elect Barack Obama on Nov. 5

The Music

• The Taters, Must be Trouble
• The FuMP, “Redneck Ninjas by Tom Smith”
• ANEMO, MusicBox