Thursday, November 30, 2006

A delay

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Forgive the delay in my normal entry. My grandmoter passed away, and as the nearest living relative, I have been taking care of all the arra...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Chesterton on Twain

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Cyril Clemens interviewed George Bernard Shaw in 1934 on the subject of the playwright's views of Mark Twain. Shaw who, the interviewer ...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

This Blog's Far-Ranging Reach

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A reader from Spain writes: "I want to say that this blog is amazing, and useful. And that I have a blog of my own, where I write about...
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Monday, November 27, 2006

Apostasy Now

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I was reading this site the other day, and some thoughts occurred to me. The first thought was that I don't believe the man. Not that,...
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Thursday, November 23, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving

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I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Chesterton Quote

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Here's a discussion topic: What Chesterton quote will we hear/see the most during the holiday season? I'll give 2-1 odds that it...
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Sunday, November 19, 2006

Early and small

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No meaningful post this week, I'm afraid. This weekend has been, in many regards, the worst of my life thus far. I've never been m...
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Make A Joyful Noise

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For those of you that are really into top notch liturgical hoe downs, I have some news for you. The wild and wooly men in the dark hooded r...
Saturday, November 18, 2006

A "Top Ten" Quote....

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Sorry to be late again. I hope I didn't mislead anyone into thinking that I had made a top ten list of Chesterton quotes, I only have be...
Thursday, November 16, 2006

It's always Christmas

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I have long been a lover of Christmas. It is a time of wonder, of joy, of mystery. It is a link to childhood and happy times – and, of cours...
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Albertus Magnus

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As Eric mentioned below, today is the feast day of St. Albertus Magnus, the patron of science, students and, notably, World Youth Day. Like...

Hey, Hey, Hey

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It’s the feast day of Thomas Aquinas’ mentor: Albert the Great , the patron saint of scientists. I flipped through GKC's Saint Thomas Aq...
Tuesday, November 14, 2006

A Media Friend

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The media maven Marshall McLuhan was a GKC friend. In June of 1932, the twenty-year-old Marshall McLuhan wrote his parents back in Winnipeg ...
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Monday, November 13, 2006

Resolute Round-up

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Because I'm in the midst of the busiest time of my life (so far), I'm more in the mood for quick shots of sass than prolonged discus...
Sunday, November 12, 2006

A Hard Saying

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Although most media outlets have stopped talking about the Nickel Mines slaughter it is still on my mind. Not the incident but the aftermat...
Friday, November 10, 2006

Chestertonian Epiphany

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I had an experience last night which I thought would be appropriate to share here, especially as the tone of life has been so political late...
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Thursday, November 09, 2006

Post election verse

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Here’s a Mother Goose parody I wrote following the U.S. election: The Donkey and the Elephant were fighting for the crown, The Donkey beat t...
Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Use Your Heel

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Best story of the day , if you want to bury your head in your hands and cry: Separating anatomy from what it means to be a man or a woman...
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Sunday, November 05, 2006

Monday's post

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I'm putting it up a bit early because I would like very much to go to bed, so here you are. It will appear as though produced on Sunday...
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Saturday, November 04, 2006

Day Late.........Dollar short?

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My internet wasnt up for most of yesterday, so I wasnt able to make my First Friday obligation (to the blog). Last time I posted I was in th...