Thursday, May 29, 2008

Good for GKC

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The story is told of GK Chesterton delivering proofs, late, to his editor. The office was deserted, with just one person, from the accounts ...
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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Yes we remember

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As I was going through some of the old war photos of my Dad’s I was struck by the obvious fact that these soldiers were just boys. Or rather...
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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Katy Bar the Door

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Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions. -- G K Chesterton, Illustrated London News (April 19, 1930) The reform...
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Thursday, May 08, 2008

Roy, Gilbert!, and GKC

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Roy F. Moore, Gilbert Magazine, and GKC in The Phoenix yesterday : “Ever get that feeling like you just kicked Lucifer in the face and got...
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Margaret Sanger clerihew

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Margret Sanger Eugenicist haranguer Thought with certain groups it would be good To strongly “encourage” Planned Barrenhood.
Monday, May 05, 2008

Dont want to mention here.......

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.......but its bugging me to see just how poor Hilary Clinton's (aka Lady McBeth) rhetoric is. The whole thing with Hilary being the mos...
Friday, May 02, 2008

Helen Steiner Rice Clerihew

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Critics of Helen Steiner Rice say her poems are just too sweet and nice. But I suspect those poems will be read long after those critics are...
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Super Duper

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There has been a lot of talk these days about Super Delegates. A concept I pretty much found amusing- you know a group of politicians creati...
Thursday, May 01, 2008

Chesterton Conference

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The latest issue of Gilbert reminds me of a sad reality, The back cover has an ad promoting the 27th Annual G.K. Chesterton Conference, Jun...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Tonight......

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For those of you on night shift, or tend to be owls. Br. Guy Consolmagno, of the Vatican Observatory, is going to be on Coast to Coast AM to...
Monday, April 28, 2008

.......and some of us have ugly sisters

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Title is regarding that post about nature. The following may be of interest to homeschoolers, or anybody interested in science. The technica...
Thursday, April 24, 2008

A Sister’s Surprise

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“The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister. We can be proud of her beauty, since we have ...
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

George's Day

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It’s St. George’s Day . Time for the only non-Nantucket poem that I ever memorized (and to be honest, I only memorized the first verse): St...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The Digital Catholic

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Thirty-five Catholic treasures on CD Rom for $29.95 . Includes one Belloc and seven GKCs. I'm pretty sure I'm going to order it.
Saturday, April 19, 2008

Weekend Thoughts

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I think most people who read this and similar blogs have been paying attention to the B16 visit to the US. Unfortunately the crazy woman at ...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Gilbert Sighting

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A handful of weeks and a bucket of lost sleep ago I directed a play for my local High school for them to enter in the state competition, (th...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The Man Who Was Thursday: Free at ChristianAudio.com during April 2008

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Free Audiobook of the Month ...
Friday, April 11, 2008

Condi Rice and torture - a clerihew

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Condoleezza Rice seemed so smart and nice, but I'd have to say she's flawed if torture gets her nod. (Rice was the head of committee...
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

GKC, Just War, Torture, Law of Land Warfare, The Servile State....Oh My!

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I see Inside Catholic just had an article on this same matter...... After scanning the discussions on this over at Blue Boar, and Inside Cat...
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Diamonds Aren't Forever?

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Stefan Kanfer, in his book on the De Beers diamond cartel, gives Chesterton the last word on Cecil Rhodes, who instead of promoting Western ...