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As I mentioned in a comment to Francesca the other day, my wife and I recently finished watching the third season of The Wire. The entire series so far has been extremely good, but whenever I offer that opinion to anyone I add that it’s half recommendation and half warning. The warning is there not…
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I’ve added the excellent site by that name to my links, which I’ve been meaning to do for a while. FPR is a collaborative effort on socio-political-culture themes by a group of people who describe themselves thusly: We come from different backgrounds, live in different places, and have divergent interests, but we’re convinced that scale,…
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When Clare sent me this link to a story about the new world record for people dressed as Smurfs, I assumed it was done by Americans. Way to go, Swansea! Nice to know we’re not the only people goofy enough to do this sort of thing. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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Mister Frog seems to think it’s his. (Click for larger version.) Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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That’s Bob Dylan’s paradoxical yet perfect description of Roscoe Holcomb’s sound. You keep thinking his phrasing can’t possibly work, that the song is about to fall apart completely (the vocal, anyway—the guitar or banjo is always steady as a rock) but somehow he pulls it together and it works. Here’s “Darlin’ Corey,” which is sort…
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On Dauphin Street this morning, I noticed this bumper sticker on a white Ford F-150 truck with a tool box: PRACTICE RANDOM KINDNESS AND SENSELESS ACTS OF BEAUTY You remember that fad from a few years back, I’m sure. Not exactly the sort of touchie-feelie sentiment you expect to see on an F-150 with a…
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I read this book some years ago (at least twenty-five) and it made a big impression on me. I’ve recently finished reading it for the second time, and it made an even bigger impression, but I’m a little less confident that I fully understand it. No, say rather I’m confident that I did not fully…
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This post is more than a year and a half overdue. It’s connected with this one from November 2007, which mentioned the little town, or alleged town, of Sunflower, Alabama. In the other post I noted that “its existence is noted only by one forlorn street sign that stands beside the highway, looking very weary…
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At All Manner of Thing. I meant to link to this a week or so ago when it first appeared, but got busy and forgot about it. Be sure to click on the “Any questions?” link and read CERN’s Q&A about the movie. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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My diocese is one of those in which what should be Ascension Thursday is celebrated on the following Sunday (which always reminds me of Churchy La Femme saying “Friday the 13th come on a Monday this month.”). So when my wife and I went to Mass on the evening of Ascension Thursday, we heard not…
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