Song: Under Rome’s See (Sung to the tune of Under the See) Update (oops)

Posted: May 31, 2026 by datechguy in catholic, culture, fun
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I’m in Pennsylvania with a group of a dozen and a half of my son’s friends who have got together to go to a special mass where one of their number is about to become a consecrated virgin in the Church. ( I’ll post the livestream tomorrow)

During my conversation with a young man named Josh concerning music we were joking and on the fly I came up with a few lines for this song just before I got to sleep.

So of course when I woke up the morning of the mass while all the 20 & 30 somethings were still snoozing after a long night with this still in my head, of course I found myself writing the rest of this.

Sung to the tune of Disney’s: Under the Sea

🎵 The vibe it seem always greener
In somebody else’s faith
You think about joining up there
But that’s just a big mistake
Just look at the faith around you
At Peter’s churches door
The fruits of the Spirit surround you
What more is you looking for? 🎵

🎵 Under Rome’s See
Under Rome’s See
Don’t be departing
What Jesus got started
Take it from me
While other churches broke away
We’ve got 2000 years of faith
We’re still devotin’
Rosaries totin’
Under Rome See 🎵

🎵 Right here we are in Christ presence
As daily to Mass we stroll
Our brothers they seek Christ elsewhere
But where else could they all go
The tabernacle is up there
The Body of Christ enclosed
If you’re spiritually hungry
He’s right there at Mass you know
Let’s Go! 🎵

🎵 Under Rome’s See
Under Rome’s See
Years they did beat us
Fry us and kill us
Martyrs to be
For centuries they did say
Rome it is all dying away
We still survive us
The Lord to guide us
Under Rome’s See
Under Rome’s See 🎵

🎵Under Rome’s See
Under Rome’s See

Faith life is sweet here
We got them beat here
Sacramentally
And if the Devil’s in our way
There’s Mary and all the Saints
We got the spirit
You got to hear it
Under Rome’s See 🎵

🎵 St. Gertrude the great
Aquinas so smart
St. Margaret Mary
Loved the Sacred Heart
St. Francis and Clare
Took Christ everywhere
St. Augustine of Hippo!
St. Dismas came first
Tom More had no fear
Xavier went abroad
St. Therese stayed here
St. Carlo Acutis
He speaks to the youth
And, St. Padre Pio whoa! 🎵

🎵 Under Rome’s See
Under Rome’s See
When absolution
The Priest gives it to us
It’s music to me
Magisterium in da hand
Our foundation is not of sand 🎵

🎵 Each Adoration Christ comes to clam us
Under Rome’s See
Every communion Jesus comes to us
Under Rome’s See
Each Priestly blessing, Each chaplet said here
Bring us much closer in our devotion
Yeah, we in luck here
God’s with us all here
Under Rome’s See 🎵

Update: I thought I was still in draft mode when I had included the livestream of the consecration and then decided to make that a separate post. I didn’t realize that it had already been posted till after I made the change. The livestream and the video I shot at Brother Andre’s cafe will go up tomorrow.

American Success Stories: Kathleen MacMillian Owner of the Cozy Corner Coffee Shop in Fitchburg MA

Posted: May 28, 2026 by datechguy in American Success Stories, business, culture, economy, short films/interviews
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Earlier this week I wrote about Hanna who had gone from being an Iraqi refugee in a camp in Syria to graduating Suuma Cum Laude from Framingham State University last week (as opposed to me who graduated Thanka da Lordie) but not all success stories come from college or from immigrants.

Meet Kathleen MacMillian who started as a waitress at a local dinner became the manager and during the Biden Administration at a time of one of the worst economies took a leap of faith and in her 20’s became the owner of her own business, the Cozy Corner Dinner and Restaurant in Fitchburg MA.

This Tuesday after closing she took twenty minutes to sit down with me and talk about her story.

The newspapers and social media get a lot of clicks from showing the young being weak and irresponsible, but there are plenty of folks like Kathleen who are does who still drive America forward.

100 Word Fan Fiction Part 3: Don’t Mention the War

Posted: May 27, 2026 by datechguy in fan fiction, fun
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Hogan smiled: “The Russians never got over the war, they held some German POW’s for decades they don’t pass on any chance for revenge.”

Kinch wasn’t convinced: “Colonal, even if we get a trial off the ground, there’s no guarantee the Soviets will let her out to testify.”

“Ah but if the case was failing & Marya was needed to secure a conviction, or extradition!”

The agent face lit up: “That’s true, they’d love to get their hands on any Nazi, the spectacle would play well with their public.”

“Justice for the victims of Stalag 13!” Hogan proclaimed.

Previously: The Still Faithful Short one Next Time: The Accused

Interviews With Immigrants: Hanna From Iraq Seven Years Later

Posted: May 24, 2026 by datechguy in American Success Stories, culture, education, short films/interviews
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One of the proudest things I did as a reporter was a series of Youtube videos called: Interviews with Immigrants.

During these interviews I sat down with a person born in another country and talked to them about their life, their coming to America etc.

One of those interviews was with Hanna From Iraq: At the time she agreed to an audio only interview: You can listen to it here:

It’s been seven years since I conducted this interview Hanna was 23 and we worked together at my former company. She moved on a while ago although we became friendly and she picked up a love of things American including pinball:

Yup that’s Pintastic 2019 back in Sturbridge on the last day as they are taking the last machines out.

Well every year I take some friends out for a Woosox game as a Christmas present so that we can enjoy not only baseball but some time together which is the real gift and Hanna was invited. It was also her graduation day from college so she attended in her cap and gown. After the game she wanted to take some pictures from center field and it hit me that it would be a pretty good sequel to our initial interview to talk to her about her journey to this point. So I pulled out my camera and here we are: Hanna from Iraq seven years later:

When Marco Rubio talked about what America is, this is what he was talking about.

The full interviews with immigrants playlist is here:

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