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Rob G asked the other day whether there would be another 52 Somethings feature in 2017. The answer is “I don’t know. Maybe.” For the past couple of months I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the future of this blog, asking myself whether I should continue it or not. Here follows the internal debate.
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We need eight more to get to 52. I have four that I want to write about (three of which I've seen in the last three days at the Fairhope Film Festival). Stu and Rob have said they would do one more each. That leaves us needing two. I can fill those in if needed from my
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If I were to pick one artist among the singer-songwriters of the 1960s whom I would bet would still be listened to a hundred years from now, it would be Leonard Cohen. I think there will be others, but like I said, if I were to pick only one…. This song, from 1969's Songs From A
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The opening scene of Kreuzweg (Stations of the Cross) sets the stage: a group of teenagers sit around a long table, books open before them, and a young priest speaks to them about their upcoming reception of the sacrament of Confirmation. He is articulate and winsome as he encourages them to stand firm in their faith,
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From Damon Linker: There's a small, irresponsible part of me that would like to see Trump win. From Richard Brookhiser: Neither candidate is fit to be president. There is no possible good result of their contest. Our only hopes are federalism, and that Bismarck was right. I assume the Bismarck reference is to a remark
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So the Chicago Cubs won their first World Series since 1908 last night, breaking a supposed curse. Good for them. It has just come to my attention that 1908 was also the year of the Tunguska impact event. Hmm. I wonder if Trump may win after all. Or maybe even:
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In Grandma Lily Tomlin plays the title character Elle Reid. Elle is a lesbian, poet, academic, mother, grandmother, widow (of a wife), who was formerly married to a man and is enlisted by her granddaughter Sage (Julia Garner) to help her gather up $630 for an abortion. I am not callous enough to think, “This
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Still reading The Seven Storey Mountain, and liking it a lot. This passage struck me. Merton is making a Holy Week retreat at Gethsemani, prior to entering the Trappist order. Observing the other guests, he notes these: …and there were three or four pious men who turned out to be friends and benefactors of the monastery–quiet,
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