Friday, February 27, 2004
Holy Opus Omnia, Batman!
via Our Favorite Elderly Oppressor
The Complete Works of John Henry Cardinal Newman are now online!!
Hosanna! Gloria in Excelsis Deo!
Bookmark and refer back to it often. I haven't been this happy since I found the Summa at New Advent!
via Our Favorite Elderly Oppressor
The Complete Works of John Henry Cardinal Newman are now online!!
Hosanna! Gloria in Excelsis Deo!
Bookmark and refer back to it often. I haven't been this happy since I found the Summa at New Advent!
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Well, that's nice
In a quest to get Terry to drink ALL of her Diet Cokes before lent, I am posting another quiz result (Check Sancta Sanctis for details of the rather tame soda drinking game).
And so, we see what a life of sin will get you:
Bree
How Far Would You Have Come Still Bearing the Ring?
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In a quest to get Terry to drink ALL of her Diet Cokes before lent, I am posting another quiz result (Check Sancta Sanctis for details of the rather tame soda drinking game).
And so, we see what a life of sin will get you:
Bree
How Far Would You Have Come Still Bearing the Ring?
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Book Quiz, Got One of My Favs
Took a What-Book-are-You kinda quiz that I got from my new favorite priest blog (sorry Father S), Catholic Ragemonkey.
My result was:
I LOVE this book, and Bradbury in general. I love his bio, never went to college. Educated himself at the LA public library. Super, thoughtful writer.
Here's the line that hooked me when I first read F 451, and then came home to roost later in my life:
Go home and think of your first husband divorced and your second husband killed in a jet and your third husband blowing his brains out, go home and think of the dozen abortions you've had, go home and think of that and your damn Caesarian sections, too, and your children who hate your guts! Go home and think how it all happened and what did you ever do to stop it?
It was the first time in my good, Northeastern educated life that I thought about abortion not as a political question, but as a moral question.
Fast forward to my first semester of Philosophy at the College of Saint Thomas More in Fort Worth. We were studying the Aristotelian concept of poteniality and actuality. I remember the whole thing hitting me in a flash. The connections were made in my mind and I saw the issue clearly:
Abortion and Contraception are evil. Not just objectionable, but evil. They actively take the potential and stop it from becoming actual, each in a different way. But they are the same thing fundamentally. And all this before I believed a single word of the Gospel.
So, I give thanks all the time for Mr. Bradbury and his remarkable little story.
Took a What-Book-are-You kinda quiz that I got from my new favorite priest blog (sorry Father S), Catholic Ragemonkey.
My result was:
You're Fahrenheit 451!
by Ray Bradbury
Having wanted to be a firefighter much of your life, you've recently
discovered the job wasn't exactly what you were looking for. While ignorance seems like
the result of oppression, it all began with people just wanting to be ignorant. As you
realize more about the sordid world around you, you decide to watch less TV and work on
your memorization skills. Though your memory will save you in the end, don't forget to
practice running from dogs as well.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
I LOVE this book, and Bradbury in general. I love his bio, never went to college. Educated himself at the LA public library. Super, thoughtful writer.
Here's the line that hooked me when I first read F 451, and then came home to roost later in my life:
Go home and think of your first husband divorced and your second husband killed in a jet and your third husband blowing his brains out, go home and think of the dozen abortions you've had, go home and think of that and your damn Caesarian sections, too, and your children who hate your guts! Go home and think how it all happened and what did you ever do to stop it?
It was the first time in my good, Northeastern educated life that I thought about abortion not as a political question, but as a moral question.
Fast forward to my first semester of Philosophy at the College of Saint Thomas More in Fort Worth. We were studying the Aristotelian concept of poteniality and actuality. I remember the whole thing hitting me in a flash. The connections were made in my mind and I saw the issue clearly:
Abortion and Contraception are evil. Not just objectionable, but evil. They actively take the potential and stop it from becoming actual, each in a different way. But they are the same thing fundamentally. And all this before I believed a single word of the Gospel.
So, I give thanks all the time for Mr. Bradbury and his remarkable little story.
"Canadian Jewish Columnist has LOST HIS MIND!"
It is quite obvious that columnist Ezra Levant of the Calgary Sun has completely lost his mind.
Totally gone off the tracks. How else could you explain this review of "The Passion of the Christ" where he ABSOLVES THE MOVIE OF CHARGES OF ANTI-SEMITISM. I mean, the guy went to Hebrew school, for crying out loud! And he says the rendition of the Seder is accurate! Man, this guy must be a self-hating Jew.
No other possible explanation.
Of course, there is the possibility he's being fair and unbiased, but if that were so, he'd be condemning it! Yup, the man has lost his mind.
Gratias tibi ago to Imperator Marcus Sheaus for the link
It is quite obvious that columnist Ezra Levant of the Calgary Sun has completely lost his mind.
Totally gone off the tracks. How else could you explain this review of "The Passion of the Christ" where he ABSOLVES THE MOVIE OF CHARGES OF ANTI-SEMITISM. I mean, the guy went to Hebrew school, for crying out loud! And he says the rendition of the Seder is accurate! Man, this guy must be a self-hating Jew.
No other possible explanation.
Of course, there is the possibility he's being fair and unbiased, but if that were so, he'd be condemning it! Yup, the man has lost his mind.
Gratias tibi ago to Imperator Marcus Sheaus for the link
About Time, Dubyah
Apparently, President Bush's polling now shows that the Federal Marriage Amendment is a winner.
That sounds a little cynical, I know. And I know he assured Deal Hudson and Peggy Noonan and K-Lo and everybody last month that he was on board. But it is an election year, and so I imagine that Karl Rove is vetting everything past the polls these days.
But, regardless of political motives, I am happy that he is now going to back the amendment. Let the representatives of the republic vote on it.
By the way, it just slipped past me that Bush appointed Pickering and Pryor to the bench as recess appointments. If anyone knows, is that something that Presidents don't do because it's a political taboo? It seems an excellent answer to the problem. Why didn't Bubba do that when his guys couldn't get out of committee? Or does the nominee have to make it out of committee first?
Apparently, President Bush's polling now shows that the Federal Marriage Amendment is a winner.
That sounds a little cynical, I know. And I know he assured Deal Hudson and Peggy Noonan and K-Lo and everybody last month that he was on board. But it is an election year, and so I imagine that Karl Rove is vetting everything past the polls these days.
But, regardless of political motives, I am happy that he is now going to back the amendment. Let the representatives of the republic vote on it.
By the way, it just slipped past me that Bush appointed Pickering and Pryor to the bench as recess appointments. If anyone knows, is that something that Presidents don't do because it's a political taboo? It seems an excellent answer to the problem. Why didn't Bubba do that when his guys couldn't get out of committee? Or does the nominee have to make it out of committee first?
Monday, February 23, 2004
Being and Time for a Beer Bong
I found this quiz over at The Old Oligarch. I took it twice (as the answers were not always very satisfying), with two different results:
You are Martin Heidegger! Your reputation is
stained a bit by the fact that you were a
member of the Nazi party, but your
groundbreaking Being and Time is still
read by a whole lot of people. You overuse the
hyphen, and make up a lot of words. You died in
1976.
What 20th Century Theorist are you?
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and . .
You are an undergraduate! Your mind has not yet
warped into the utter oddness of contemporary
theory. If you put down the beer bong, and
start reading dreadfully weird theory, you'll
probably have a better chance of not getting
the answer designed to make fun of you.
What 20th Century Theorist are you?
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Nice dichotomy, that.
I found this quiz over at The Old Oligarch. I took it twice (as the answers were not always very satisfying), with two different results:
You are Martin Heidegger! Your reputation is
stained a bit by the fact that you were a
member of the Nazi party, but your
groundbreaking Being and Time is still
read by a whole lot of people. You overuse the
hyphen, and make up a lot of words. You died in
1976.
What 20th Century Theorist are you?
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and . .
You are an undergraduate! Your mind has not yet
warped into the utter oddness of contemporary
theory. If you put down the beer bong, and
start reading dreadfully weird theory, you'll
probably have a better chance of not getting
the answer designed to make fun of you.
What 20th Century Theorist are you?
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Nice dichotomy, that.
John Kerry, War Hero
I have no military chops with which to criticize John Kerry. Never served. Wouldn't be right for me to presume to call into question anyone's service.
This guy, however, does have the chops.
I don't like John Kerry. If he was a Republican, I wouldn't like him. If he was pro-life, I wouldn't like him.
Massachusetts is heaped full of negative stories about John Kerry. I doubt you'll hear a lot of them, but they are there.
Howie Carr, a Boston columnist/radio host (who I think gave Kerry the nickname "Live Shot") says that the best way to get the phones ringing on a slow day is to ask people to call in with their favorite John Kerry stories.
Love the gold digger line.
And this from Dave Barry in the Miami Herald (who is apparently running for President as an independent, focusing on the issue of harmonica safety and harmonica-related deaths):
In conclusion, I want to extend my sincere best wishes to all of my opponents, Republican and Democrat, and to state that, in the unlikely event I am not elected, I will support whoever is, even if it is Sen. John Kerry, who once came, with his entourage, into a ski-rental shop in Ketchum, Idaho, where I was waiting patiently with my family to rent snowboards, and Sen. Kerry used one of his lackeys to flagrantly barge in line ahead of us and everybody else, as if he had some urgent senatorial need for a snowboard, like there was about to be an emergency meeting, out on the slopes, of the Joint Halfpipe Committee. I say it's time for us, as a nation, to put this unpleasant incident behind us. I know that I, for one, have forgotten all about it. That is how fair and balanced I am.
My father says he knows of shady dealing by Kerry in MA. He won't name names, though. He is the soul of discretion.
As I said, I just don't like the guy. He makes me feel, well, icky. Not deep analysis, I know, but that's how he makes me feel. A tragedy if he gets himself elected.
I have no military chops with which to criticize John Kerry. Never served. Wouldn't be right for me to presume to call into question anyone's service.
This guy, however, does have the chops.
I don't like John Kerry. If he was a Republican, I wouldn't like him. If he was pro-life, I wouldn't like him.
Massachusetts is heaped full of negative stories about John Kerry. I doubt you'll hear a lot of them, but they are there.
Howie Carr, a Boston columnist/radio host (who I think gave Kerry the nickname "Live Shot") says that the best way to get the phones ringing on a slow day is to ask people to call in with their favorite John Kerry stories.
Love the gold digger line.
And this from Dave Barry in the Miami Herald (who is apparently running for President as an independent, focusing on the issue of harmonica safety and harmonica-related deaths):
In conclusion, I want to extend my sincere best wishes to all of my opponents, Republican and Democrat, and to state that, in the unlikely event I am not elected, I will support whoever is, even if it is Sen. John Kerry, who once came, with his entourage, into a ski-rental shop in Ketchum, Idaho, where I was waiting patiently with my family to rent snowboards, and Sen. Kerry used one of his lackeys to flagrantly barge in line ahead of us and everybody else, as if he had some urgent senatorial need for a snowboard, like there was about to be an emergency meeting, out on the slopes, of the Joint Halfpipe Committee. I say it's time for us, as a nation, to put this unpleasant incident behind us. I know that I, for one, have forgotten all about it. That is how fair and balanced I am.
My father says he knows of shady dealing by Kerry in MA. He won't name names, though. He is the soul of discretion.
As I said, I just don't like the guy. He makes me feel, well, icky. Not deep analysis, I know, but that's how he makes me feel. A tragedy if he gets himself elected.
Advice on Preparing for the Passion
Some thoughts from Barbara Nicolosi on preparing oneself to see the "Passion of the Christ".
Very good thoughts, here. Warnky and I are going to see it after mass Wednesday night. Lizzie is not going to go until after the baby is born. Wise decision, I think.
I'll let y'all know what I think of it. Or not. I'll make that call after the movie.
But if it is everything I think it is, I will DEFINITELY be going to confession on Thursday.
Some thoughts from Barbara Nicolosi on preparing oneself to see the "Passion of the Christ".
Very good thoughts, here. Warnky and I are going to see it after mass Wednesday night. Lizzie is not going to go until after the baby is born. Wise decision, I think.
I'll let y'all know what I think of it. Or not. I'll make that call after the movie.
But if it is everything I think it is, I will DEFINITELY be going to confession on Thursday.
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Oh, the Places You'll Go (or have gone)!
create your own visited states map
or write about it on the open travel guide
create your own visited states map
or write about it on the open travel guide
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
Now here's some ecumenism I can live with!
Duty, honor, sacrifice. A story that needs to be told more often.
The Four Chaplains
Duty, honor, sacrifice. A story that needs to be told more often.
The Four Chaplains
