August 2013
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"Really hardly ever do I experience a blog that’s equally educative and entertaining, and without a doubt, you have strike the claw on the brain."
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Found, apparently.
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Many years ago, when I was 25 or so, and in the same situation as a lot of young college graduates today–a liberal arts degree, and great difficulty finding a job–I had an occasional part-time job as night watchman at a lumber yard. I was a sort of subcontractor to the guy who actually held…
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Weekend Music This is for Fr. Matt Venuti, in compensation for my having failed to deliver the post on H.P. Lovecraft that I told him to expect last weekend and still haven't finished. I suspect not many people who read this blog regularly will care for this music, and I can't defend it musically from…
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You've probably heard the story about the priest who appeared at the scene of a wreck in rural Missouri at a crucial point in the rescue of a young woman trapped in her car, prayed, anointed the young woman, and disappeared. No one knows who he is; he's not known in the area. I generally…
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Richard Dawkins, generally lauded for his attacks on Christianity, discovers that some religions are still protected classes in the eyes of the enlightened world. I guess I find it amusing because it's two factions of the neo-Enlightenment snarling at each other, and especially because of the wildly inapplicable use of the weapon of first and…
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"Hi, I really like your website if I'm sincere."
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I saw this 1966 British comedy when I was a freshman in college and thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever seen. Thirty years or so later, I saw it again (on VHS?–I can't remember) and was a little disappointed. It didn't seem as funny as I remembered. Recently, now forty-five years on, on…
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The time will come when you will encounter, more or less unexpectedly, the shock of hearing our doctrines contradicted. Even if the shock is not violent, you will, nevertheless, be aware of the intellectual atmosphere of our times, and perhaps unconsciously you will breath in the air that surrounds young men of the present day,…
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Weekend Music Last week's bit of Asleep at the Wheel made me want to hear more. Here's a nice bit from a live show. This is not the same lineup I saw, at least in that the steel guitar player was a blonde woman (who seemed to be having a great time). I think the…
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