March 2014
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(This is not a very Lenten-spirited post, and I admit I've been slow this year to orient myself toward Lent. But I wrote most of it a couple of weeks ago, and want to get it out of the way and go on to other things.) I've thought for a long time that communism and…
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I would like to post something about the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web, but I'm too distracted. By the World Wide Web.
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“Sex Box is an intriguing and original concept from a top production partner and we’re very excited about its potential, which has already been clearly demonstrated overseas — where it’s a hit,” said WE tv president Marc Juris. You can read more here but there's really not much reason to: it's a TV show where couples "have…
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I say "what" because the conventional liberal belief about John F. Kennedy's assassination tends to make the question "what" rather than "who," then wind itself back to "who" again, but not to Lee Harvey Oswald, whose guilt is inconvenient. In order to avoid the generally accepted fact that Kennedy was killed by a left-winger, liberals…
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I see this morning that Google and some feminist-y groups want to ban the word "bossy." That strikes me as a very bossy thing to do. (Over 35 years I've had three female bosses; I wouldn't describe any of them as "bossy." It's a perfectly good word which reasonable people understand. There really is, as…
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When I set out on this series, I didn't think about the quesiton of Lent. I generally either give up music entirely for Lent or cut way back on it, and this year I'm giving up pop music entirely. But it will mess up my plan if I shut this down for six weeks. So…
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I guess it is my fate every Ash Wednesday to hear that song I detest at Mass (I can't bring myself to call it a hymn). It seems to have become the standard for the occasion. "The dreams not fully dreamt"? What does that even mean?!? Attempting to be charitable, I'll say that I think…
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I've posted these before, but it's been awhile. I don't have any new ones. We went to a couple of parades this year, but got no really good pictures. Mardi Gras is essentially over for me, though it's only Tuesday afternoon. I do hope to have some really self-indulgent meal this evening–maybe fried chicken. My…
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"There are moments when people love crime," Alyosha said pensively. "Yes, yes! You've spoken my own thought, they love it, they all love it, and love it always, not just at 'moments.' You know, it's as if at some point they all agreed to lie about it, and have been lying about it ever since.…
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The renowned flamenco/jazz guitarist Paco de Lucia died this past week. I don't have much acquaintance with his music, but what I've heard has been pretty impressive. So, in memoriam: I'm always struck by the sheer physical force of flamenco players (not that this is pure flamenco, exactly, but it's rooted in flamenco). Sometimes…
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