Behave yourself

That’s the slogan on the mousepad Sister Mary Martha sells for $15 on the blog “Ask Sister Mary Martha,” a sort of tough-love Dear Abby. (And, quite possibly, the only nun in Marina del Ray.)

If you’re not in the market for a mousepad with the face of a Roman Catholic nun on it (whatever it says) I think you will nevertheless like the blog as much as I do. Just don’t expect any sympathy. SMM is tougher than some rabbis I know.

0 responses to “Behave yourself

  1. Some rabbis I know (about) will take away her PC to start with…

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley

    Heh, indeed!

  3. I’ve known a lot of nuns, she actually looks like one of the good ones. I wish I had known more like her when I still believed.

    Nuns are supposed to be tough, it’s in the job description.
    God forgives, it’s a nun’s job to make it so you don’t need forgiveness.
    If they need a ruler for that, well, that’s the price I had to pay.

  4. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley

    I wonder if the photo is really that of the blogger. Looks old and grainy, like it was clipped from a newspaper and scanned. Ah, but the old Hickory stick survives in the form of a ruler.