Friday, March 28, 2008

Obama Clerihew

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Barack Obama, neither Muslim, nor Osama. But his foes are not above lies to fabricate ties.

Why is this man Smiling??

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Because he knows GKC!! Ive started reading a bit of history/current events about the Vatican II era forward of the Church and the Papacy.......
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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Any Thursday Experts Out There?

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I received this question by email. Can anybody help? Can anyone help me identify the "constable" who recruits Gabriel Syme to bec...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

More on Second Spring

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John Zmirak writes about Second Spring at Taki's Top Drawer . Excerpt: But in the Easter spirit, I’d like to offer something positive t...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

GKC-Type Joke

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I think GKC would've liked this joke: There are three religious truths: a. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. b. Protestants do...
Friday, March 21, 2008

It's Only Friday

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The men of the east may spell the stars And times and triumphs mark But the men signed with the cross of Christ Go gaily in the dark. The Ba...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Second Spring

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I received an email from John Zmirak, new writer-in-residence at St. Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, informing me of a new project: ...
Saturday, March 15, 2008

Quiet Beauty

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The good news out of New York is the Neue Galerie is hosting a Gustav Klimt show though June. If you can take it in you will not be disapp...
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Thursday, March 13, 2008

A Buddha Clerihew

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When Siddhartha Gautama was seeking Nirvana he refused to settle for any old heavy metal. (Karma's gonna get me!)
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Stupid is as Stupid does

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What Eliot Spitzer did with those naughty ladies of the night is between him and his wife and him and God. We will pray for him. Of course ...

The Bad Catholic's Guide to Distributism

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John Zmirak (of The Bad Catholic's Guide fame) has a post on Distributism today at Taki's Mag. A snippet: Those of us who understa...

Frank Petta, RIP

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Frank A. Petta, a man who played a significant role in the GKC revival, passed away last week. I met Frank once, at his birthday party whe...
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Sunday, March 09, 2008

Lunchroom Caucus part duex

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The Wednesday lunch after Hillary’s win in Ohio my buddy announced to our table, “See my girl won. Na na ne na na.” The ladies chimed in, “I...
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Sunday, March 02, 2008

Collecting Rocks

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I have posted the following quotes on my studio wall. This kind of thing helps to keep me focused on what studio work is supposed to mean. ...
Friday, February 29, 2008

Letters from Belloc

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I wasn't aware of the book "Letters from Hilaire Belloc", edited by his early biographer Robert Speaight, until today. Are th...
Thursday, February 28, 2008

God Tube Chesterton

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There's a Christian version of You Tube - it's called God Tube ( http://www.godtube.com/ ). There's a variety of groups and vide...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

New Gilbert is Here!

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Volume 11, Number 5 is on my lap. In the editors' sites: Feminism . It looks pretty good, though I've only had a chance to read Sean...
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Monday, February 25, 2008

Definitely not P. C.

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An interesting thing happened at work the other night that might explain Hillary’s “surprise” fall for inevitability. I say interesting bec...

Nothing is important except...

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Nothing is important except the fate of the soul; and literature is only redeemed from an utter triviality, surpassing that of naughts and c...
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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Political colors

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Jim Wallis recently reminded me of G. K. Chesterton. I was reading Wallis’ latest book, The Great Awakening . In the book, he argumes that t...
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