The Lord notwithstanding, there were a couple of awesome things about growing up in the Calvinist parochial school system. JK — there was nothing awesome about growing up in the Calvinist parochial school system, but some aspects of it were more bearable than others. For example, sitting in chapel for a couple of hours every Wednesday instead of sitting in math class: not so bad. But being forced by various authority figures to listen to lame, shitty Christian rock in hopes that the message would stick and supplant our desire to listen to, like, Godsmack:... More >>>