July 2011
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I was amused (and complimented) by the remark a few days ago from our resident film and theology expert that "almost anything Mac posts including pictures of herons tells us more about the meaning of life" than the political commentary I had linked to. It reminded me that I have another heron picture I've been…
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Weekend Music Here are two sections of the Duruflé Requiem that I heard last night as part of the Requiem Mass I mentioned yesterday (see here). I was only going to post one, but I couldn’t make up my mind. I thought I remembered my recording, which I haven’t listened to for many years, having…
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Lucky me, huh? *** postscript, afterwards: …and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
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A 15-pound (6.8kg) hamburger. Your horror should be tempered by the knowledge that it's meant to feed ten to fifteen people, but still…. And of course there must be a contest to see if anyone can eat the whole thing by himself. Note the word "Mallett" on the guy's t-shirt. That surely is a reference…
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At Front Porch Republic, by Walter A. McDougall: Part 1: The Challenge Confronting Conservatives and Part 2: Sustaining a Republic of Hustlers
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As anyone who's read this blog for a while knows, we are big fans of Brideshead Revisited here. I am not using the royal or papal "we"; I'm referring to others as well as myself–for instance, Janet Cupo, who has pointed out to me this wonderful site. It is an exhaustive companion to the novel, basically…
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You'll never guess…
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Warning: scary stuff "For the love of God, Montresor…" [[[shiver]]]
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Sunday Night Journal — July 24, 2011 As almost anyone who is at all interested in the matter knows, the promulgation of Pope Paul VI’s Humanae Vitae reaffirming the ancient Christian ban on artificial (barrier or chemical) methods of avoiding pregnancy came at the end of a decades-long struggle for their acceptance. The pope took…
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This is not a politics and current events blog, but it seems somehow indecent not to mention the events in Norway, though a conventional expression of horror is inadequate. There are no words to express the dismay one feels at the slaughter itself, and its possible or probable social repurcussions. Pray for the dead, pray…
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