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Category Archives: Lighter fare
Coincidences? #vpdebate
Coincidences? During the VPOTUS debate last night I tweeted an opinion about the quality of voice of one of the candidates. I never thought I would hear a voice more annoying than Hillary’s. Harris wins… loses?. Loses. #vpdebate — Fr. … Read More
LIGHTER FARE… unless you are a Dem
In view of Pres. Trump’s announcement of his THIRD nominee for SCOTUS, I received this…
Spiffing NEW OLD Book! A Limerickal Commentary on the Second Vatican Council
I received from the fascinating little Arouca Press, founded on the anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun, a truly amazing little tome. It’s greatly appreciated, though I have a serious complaint about it. More on that, below. A Limerickal … Read More
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WDTPRS: Exaltation of the Cross … and kingly herbs … and BASIL EMERITUS!
Today is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. The feast commemorates the discovery, as tradition has it under sweet basil herb bushes, of the Holy Cross by Emperor Constantine’s mother St Helena in AD 325 in Jerusalem as … Read More
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“Fratelli tutti”, anyone?
I am firmly convinced of something I picked up years ago from a radio talk show chap from in native place. Joe Soucheray – whose shtick was the viscerally common-sensical “Garage Logic” – used to offer that every newspaper ought … Read More
MINAS TIRITH — Orcs marched on Minas Tirith this morning in a mostly peaceful protest.
We have in this a pretty accurate image. From the Babylon Bee (not affiliate with The Horan of Babylon… who never will be even half the woman that Sr. Dede is). Orcs March On Minas Tirith In Mostly Peaceful Protest MINAS … Read More
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The Dem platform on one sign.
I saw this on Fakebook. Two other things. Look at the other signs. First, “Religious Freedom is Christian Terrorism”. Freedom = Terrorism. These people are crazy stupid. Connie and Ted’s… great restaurant on Santa Monica Blvd. I’ve often gone there … Read More
REVIEW: Ancient Roman version of Amazon’s “Alexa”
In Classics I worked on reconstructed Classical pronunciation of Latin. In my English minor I did the same for Early Modern English (e.g., Shakespeare). That’s probably why today I received this. It seems to be a kind review of the … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z is challenged to record a Shakespeare #ASonnetADay
From a reader… Father Z you used to make podcasts where you read poetry but you havent done that for a long time now. I used to like those. I just found on Facebook something the actor Patrick Steward (Captain … Read More
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