This Day in TCGS History: Some Things Just Don't Change

Hey, we couldn't let an entire calendar month go by without a post, could we? That would break some kind of streak that nobody on God's green Earth cares about! Anyway, we found it funny that Lino was talking about his dating life on yesterday's show after going awhile without doing so... he was doing the same thing exactly year ago! So read for yourself what happened on TCGS on March 30, 2010 to see how little/far Lino has progressed in a year's time:

• Father Rob made a surprise Tuesday visit to the show (because this time last year it was Holy Week and he was going to be kind of busy on Thursday), and he wasted no time in telling Lino how grey his hair had gotten recently.


• Lino gave Father Rob the Readers' Digest version of his dating situation: he's spent over $1,000 on dating two women he was matched with on the Internet... and now both women are either repulsed by him or are just blowing him off.


• Lino's somewhat recent ex-girlfriend from Minnesota was coming to NYC to help him "clean his palate", and his revelation that he paid for her plane ticket prompted Maureen to suggest that Father Rob chaperone the two of them while she's here.


• Checking in on their Lenten penances, Lino, Lou and Father Rob had all been good. Maureen (who gave up smoking)... not so much (using the "I forgot!" excuse).


• Lino recounted a Holy Thursday in his past in Rome where he unexpectedly got to participate in a washing-of-the-feet ceremony, then threw the phone lines open for listeners to describe how their parishes commemorate the Last Supper.


• Lino recently attended a Catholic men-in-media conference, and declared that he intended to hang out with more like-minded (read: Catholic) people in the future. He then took suggestions from listeners as to how to go about doing that.


• Talking with Father Dave as the show wrapped up, Lino complained about how well/not well the Cross is cleaned after each person venerates it on Good Friday, and explained his "special procedure" for venerating the Cross due to his big nose.