1. Missed last week, obviously. Oh, well. 2. For work-related reasons I ended up reviewing many of Sir John Tenniel’s original illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (yes, I’m serious. No, it’s not as interesting as you’d think). In the process I noticed for the first time (or perhaps I had noticed before and suppressed … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Software Problems and Jabberwock
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Flotsam: Various and Sundry Life Things and the Mario Movie
1. I'm beginning to settle in at last as the final few necessary tasks and purchases are being wrapped up. Having a new apartment is like having a giant toy; there are all sorts of things you can do with it and you can't wait to get the chance to play with it. 2. Internet … Continue reading Flotsam: Various and Sundry Life Things and the Mario Movie
Flotsam: New Apartment, No Internet, and Rabbits
1. Last week I realized a nearly five-year goal and finally moved back out into my own apartment. I've been too busy setting up to settle in yet, but already I feel the enormous relief and joy of having my own space once again. 2. The chief downside, at present, is that I don't have … Continue reading Flotsam: New Apartment, No Internet, and Rabbits
Flotsam: Councils of the Church and On Underestimating God
1. Moving on Tuesday, so most my time is taken up in packing. Fortunately, I've been doing it in increments for months, so there isn't a whole lot left to be done. Mostly it's a matter of deciding how to pack up the delicates and deciding what will be needed between now and then. 2. … Continue reading Flotsam: Councils of the Church and On Underestimating God
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1. I'm currently in the process of preparing to move, something I've been looking forward to and trying to achieve for several years now. I've been rather surprised at how disruptive the process really is, not just in terms of consuming time and energy, but in the way it creates the sense of 'no point … Continue reading Flotsam
Flotsam: Twenty Years Later
1. I try not to talk politics much here. I don’t have the background or knowledge as yet to say anything really worthwhile about it. So don’t ask me for a rundown of how the past twenty years have gone and what we as a nation have to show for it all, though I don’t … Continue reading Flotsam: Twenty Years Later
Flotsam: ‘Coco’ and Such
1. I missed seeing Coco when it came out in theaters, since I was by the disillusioned by Pixar's deteriorating quality. Last week, upon seeing it recommended, I pulled it up and gave it a watch. My goodness, that is one of the best films I've seen in a long time. Certainly one of the … Continue reading Flotsam: ‘Coco’ and Such
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1. I am continually amazed, not just at how stupid, incompetent, and immoral our current societal elites really are, but also at the fact that so many of us continue to take them seriously. "Dr. Fauci says so-and-so." Okay, and why do you care what that careerist moron says, exactly? To say "I heard it … Continue reading Flotsam
Flotsam: Various Writing Observations
1. A few observations on different works: 2. When Uncle Walt adapted Alice in Wonderland, he and his writers ended up giving it a bit more of a plot than the book had. Not much, but a little. And if you notice, the plot they gave it was pretty much lifted directly from The Wizard … Continue reading Flotsam: Various Writing Observations
Flotsam: Slumming It
1. For one reason or another (none reflecting well on me), this is Sunday flotsam. And Sunday flotsam on the Feast of the Assumption at that, yet I currently have nothing edifying to say about Our Lady. 2. So instead, I'm just going to slum it and drop a few of my favorite riffs from … Continue reading Flotsam: Slumming It
Serpent's Den 