Fidei Defensor: Amateur College Catholic

Hi everyone, my name's Dan but I blog under the name Fidei Defensor or simply FD. My blog, College Catholic, is on hiatus for Lent however since I am emailing this blurb to Rick, not posting it on a blog per-say I think I'm in the clear. I guess I'll just string off a bunch of facts about myself.

I'm a going on 20 college student in one of those frigid upper-Midwest college towns.

I learned more about Catholicism from a few months in the blogsphere than in all my years of once a week religion classes.

One of my main goals in life is to become self sufficient in supplying myself with maple syrup.

I was on the "B" team of freshman football, senior year my varsity stats include one tackle and almost recovering one blocked punt.

I am a sometime reader at church and always plead to the person sitting next to me to give me a "courtesy elbow" when it is time for me to go up and read.

I collect flags and have a 3 by 5 ft. Vatican City banner hanging up in my dorm.

I once told a rather liberal priest that I had just got a Rosary and wanted to learn how to say it (as in HINT HINT) and was shocked when he didn't oblige.

In an attempt at some uniqueness I occasionally will do a post on military surplus rifles, M-14's, M-1's, and Lee Enfields being the most beloved.

I am a bit disappointed that Pabst is now brewed in Texas instead of Milwaukee, does anyone know if they are still making Hamm's in the "Land of sky blue waters?"

I throw the phrase "Culture of Death" around on my blog a lot but I have never read a Papal encyclical.

I once missed half a class because I asked a fundamentalist guy preaching on campus why his Bible has less books in it.

I am happy to be counted in the esteemed ranks of amateur Catholic bloggers and promise to sacrifice valuable homework and studying time checking your guys's blogs ad nauseum (how's that for Latin?)!

We have not an M-14, so we MUST be B-Teamers, huh? At least it's official now. I'm missing your blogging, but it is Lent, so I must sacrifice. And FTR, bud...if you want one of us to speak at one of your functions, you better not try pawning off a Pabst product on us - else we'll have to go "pro" on you, and you can't afford that. ;) Welcome!