Ally Glenn

Pedi-RN🫀Tex-pat in DC "My past, O Lord, to your mercy; my present, to your love; my future to your providence"-St.Pio

[Washington Nationals @Nationals]

DMV MADE

[Houston Astros @astros]

Make that 1️⃣0���⃣ for Tuve on the season!

#ChaseTheFight

[kar @bustitopen420]

they need a love island for people that are 26-32 and have their prefrontal cortexes developed

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

HOUSTON OMG

[Texas A&M Baseball @AggieBaseball]

BRADEN. MONTGOMERY.

[Texas A&M University @TAMU]

Courage on the cliffs and leadership on campus. That is the Aggie way. 👍

[Texas A&M University @TAMU]

Today we honor the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1944, when Allied forces faced impossible odds on the beaches of Normandy and changed the world. Aggies were among the brave who stormed those shores, their sacrifice forever woven into our university's legacy of selfless service. That legacy didn't end on the battlefield. It lives on in every Aggie who answers the call.

[Mike Glenn @MikeRGlenn]

If my wife thought I was actually having a stroke while I was doing a TV debate, I'm confident that she would rush the stage and get me to the hospital immediately, regardless.

But I guess that's just her or something.

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

The horror film “Obsession” is a surprise hit at the box office this summer. Made for around one million dollars, it has already grossed over a hundred and fifty million. But it's not only a financial success; it's also a spiritually quite interesting film. What drives the plot is a young man's ardent desire to be loved by the woman whom he loves. Seeking a gift for Nikki in an occult store, Bear finds a device that advertises itself as “One Wish Willow.” If you break the stick and make a wish, it will come true. In his desperation, he follows the instructions, and it works like a charm. The previously diffident Nikki becomes totally devoted to the delighted Bear. All his dreams, it seems, have come true. Then things go, shall we say, south. I won't spoil any more of the plot. Suffice it to say that Nikki proceeds to devour the young man and push him toward despair.

Throughout this film, I kept thinking of Oscar Wilde's famous line: “the only thing worse than not getting what you want is getting what you want.” The spiritual issue here is one that the masters have recognized for centuries and one that stands at the very heart of Biblical revelation: if you tie your deepest desire to anything or anyone other than God, you will find, not satisfaction, but destruction. This is the moral teaching behind the great Shema prayer: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God is Lord alone.” Jesus reiterates this when he says, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and all your strength.” The psalmist affirms it when he sings, “Only in God will my soul be at rest.”

During the rite of Confirmation, I ask the young people a series of questions, the first of which is “do you renounce Satan and all his works and empty promises?” Up and down the ages, Satan has made the same empty promise: I will give you something less than God and it will make you happy. In point of fact, it will ruin you, and the more you seek to acquire it, the unhappier you will become. What becomes clear in the course of “Obsession” is that the owners of the occult shop where Bear bought the fateful wish-willow are in fact involved with very dark spiritual powers. In my conversations with exorcists, I hear over and over again that those who get ensnared by the devil commence by dabbling in the occult.

“Obsession” is a good horror movie. If you like the genre, and you're not too squeamish, go see it. For it won't just scare you; it will offer some important spiritual truths.

[Mike Glenn @MikeRGlenn]

I’ve busted out of the hospital. The missus is my getaway driver!

FREEDOM!

[Mike Glenn @MikeRGlenn]

Looks like I’m finally going home today after spending a week in the hospital for a janky leg.

[Mike Glenn @MikeRGlenn]

Spending our 35th wedding anniversary in the hospital because of my janky leg. (She’s watching #PioneerWoman on TV) Happy anniversary sweetie! Xxoo Te amo mucho!

[Mike Glenn @MikeRGlenn]

What you do after five days in the hospital with an infected leg. (It’s actually gotten a lot better)

[Mike Glenn @MikeRGlenn]

The guy in the bed next to me treats this place like a hotel. He keeps calling for the nurses to bring him some creamer for his coffee, get him a cookie, etc. The nurses here at #InovaFairfax are totally professional and considerate. I would have told him to f’ off.

[Mike Glenn @MikeRGlenn]

So I’m here at @InovaHealth Fairfax for the last 3 days and still no room. I’ve been shoved into some antechamber with several other other patients like it’s the UK’s National Health Service. The nurses, however, have been excellent. They put the “care” in healthcare

[Mike Glenn @MikeRGlenn]

I’ve been pretty absent from social media this week because I’m in the hospital getting antibiotics pumped into me for a leg infection. But I haven’t been on any janky Dutch cruise ships or in contact with rats - other than the usual DC variety. Day 3 here and still no room.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

There’s a moment in the TV series The Other Bennet Sister where Mary Bennet is caught reading at a ball; moments later she corrects the grammar of a man flirting with her (“it’s fewer oysters, not less”) and I’m not sure I’ve ever been more accurately represented by a character.

[Mike Glenn @MikeRGlenn]

Day 2 in the hospital and still trying to get my own room. Man, this is just like in The Pitt

[Mike Glenn @MikeRGlenn]

My daughter signed up for the Britbox channel so she can watch some English Regency drama miniseries. So now I have a couple of weeks to watch 7 seasons of Sharpe’s Rifles before she cancels.

[Mike Glenn @MikeRGlenn]

Adm. Brad Cooper apparently held an invite-only press briefing that didn't include me. When I called the Pentagon PIO, they said to call Central Command. When I called @CENTCOM, they said to send an email. They made sure to invite the usual suspects, WaPo, CNN, NPR, etc. I've been working this beat for about six 1/2 years now. Still getting the dirty end of the stick, regardless of who is on the E Ring. @PeteHegseth @SecWar @SeanParnellASW @SeanParnellUSA