Still time to vote on your favorite poster design

By Tom Quiner Thanks to Quiner’s Diner readers who have taken the time to vote on your favorite poster design. We’ve had a number of designs prepared for my upcoming musical, “The Wedding at Cana.” The design on this page is in first place so far, but it is a tight race. A new design…

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Quiner’s Diner needs your opinion immediately

By Tom Quiner I have written a musical called “The Wedding at Cana,” based on the Gospel of John passage (John 2:1-11). It will be performed next year in a number of parishes in a dinner theater format as part of ‘the year of marriage and family,’ as proclaimed by our bishop. We have had…

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Groucho Marx hijacks the Steve Allen Show

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqtOc8rdXnY] Enjoy a great, two minute clip of the Steve Allen Show from 1958. A certain audience member looks awfully familiar!

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A little Tuesday morning reminiscing

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YFT8MixHSE] I ran across a wonderful YouTube clip of the Tonight Show featuring its founder, Steve Allen. Steve Allen was a singular talent: actor, television personality, composer, writer, and comedian. He could do it all. Before there was Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno, Johnny Carson, and Jack Paar, there was Steve Allen. In…

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The cult of human regression

Whenever so-called “progressives” (quotes are because their beliefs do not represent human progress) start talking about “compassion,” and “choice,” run for the hills! Someone is about to end up dead.

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