This year's Christmas film with the family was Batman Returns, my first time seeing it. My immediate reaction is that this film feels like a fever dream, or like a piece of fan fiction written by someone who is very enthusiastic about the 1960s Batman TV show and is more than a little insane (which, … Continue reading Some ‘Batman Returns’ Thoughts
Poem – “Christmas” (Repost)
The bells of waiting Advent ring,The Tortoise stove is lit againAnd lamp-oil light across the nightHas caught the streaks of winter rainIn many a stained-glass window sheenFrom Crimson Lake to Hookers Green. The holly in the windy hedgeAnd round the Manor House the yewWill soon be stripped to deck the ledge,The altar, font and arch … Continue reading Poem – “Christmas” (Repost)
A Christmas Eve Tale
A small Christmas present up on Noble Cobra Magazine: a quick story that came to me last night and which I whipped up on the spot. Pushing, shoving, shouting. So many people! Last minute shoppers, making their rush on Christmas Eve. The clutched their shirts, video games, expensive toys, and groceries as if they were … Continue reading A Christmas Eve Tale
Back on Catholic 365: Infant King
First article in a long time is up on Catholic365, just in time for Christmas: Among the strictures against monarchy presented by the American Revolutionaries was the absurdity that a king can come to the throne at any age, and that, as Mr. Hamilton put it in one of the Federalist Papers, “a helpless infant … Continue reading Back on Catholic 365: Infant King
Friday Flotsam: A Lot of Variety and a Bollywood Clip
1. Ember Friday of the Third Week of Advent. Enjoy your fast and penance before Christmas! 2. It's been a pretty good week for me; I maintained my intended schedule, for the most part (I tend to fall off toward late afternoon, but I'm likening that to being out-of-shape and will trust that I'll get … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: A Lot of Variety and a Bollywood Clip
50 More Quotes for AFI
It's hardly definitive, but I still like the AFI '100 Years, 100 Quotes' list, especially this excellent montage someone put together of it. It's a fun sort of quick summary of film history. That said, it was definitely missing a lot of lines I would have wanted to see included. So, I decided to take … Continue reading 50 More Quotes for AFI
In Which I Defend My Much-Disliked Former Employer
I find this funny: I have no love for my former employer, United Wholesale Mortgage, for many reasons, but this strikes me as too patently absurd not to laugh at. Apparently, someone's suing them for racial discrimination. See the full article here. I'm sure this has happened plenty of times, but if you knew the … Continue reading In Which I Defend My Much-Disliked Former Employer
Poetry – “Christmas Poem”
There fared a mother driven forthOut of an inn to roam;In the place where she was homelessAll men are at home.The crazy stable close at hand,With shaking timber and shifting sand,Grew a stronger thing to abide and standThan the square stones of Rome. For men are homesick in their homes,And strangers under the sun,And they … Continue reading Poetry – “Christmas Poem”
Saturday Flotsam: Late, Haphazard Edition
1. I missed yesterday owing to poor time management. Oh, well. 2. I'm officially on a 3-week Christmas break from work. A break I'll need to use to find another part-time job and get myself onto a good schedule so that I can be more successful in the next semester. Not that this past semester … Continue reading Saturday Flotsam: Late, Haphazard Edition
Poem – “Jabberwocky”
’Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wade;All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe. "Beware the Jabberwock, my son!The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shunThe frumious Bandersnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand:Long time the manxome foe he sought—So rested he by … Continue reading Poem – “Jabberwocky”
Serpent's Den 