I'm way late on this, but it is still Halloween. I made this years and years ago, but I'm still pretty pleased with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3QS0XfAQKM
Poetry – Yes, It’s THAT One
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door."'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door—Only this, and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I … Continue reading Poetry – Yes, It’s THAT One
Friday Flotsam: Mostly Gun Control and Melancholy
1. Doing a little better than last week, though still struggling with melancholy and difficulty making myself be productive. 2. The shooting in Maine yesterday actually happened close to where my sister lives. She and all her friends are safe, thank God, but please pray for everyone involved and everyone in the area, who are … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Mostly Gun Control and Melancholy
Anime Double-Take
One of the joys of watching dubbed anime is that, from what I can tell, there is actually a fairly small pool of professional voice actors who handle it (compared to something like Hollywood). Which means you often run into the same performer over and over, often doing fairly similar voices across very different shows. … Continue reading Anime Double-Take
Poetry – “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,Dropping from the veils of the morning to … Continue reading Poetry – “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
Friday Flotsam: Mostly Sick and Depressed (Really Downbeat in this One)
1. About once or twice a year I get hit with a nasty cold / flu that knocks me out completely for a couple days (I'm functionally useless and utterly miserable) and then lingers on for some time after. Well, it's that time again. It hit me starting last weekend (just got to Mass before … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Mostly Sick and Depressed (Really Downbeat in this One)
Poem – “The Arrow and the Song”
I shot an arrow into the air,It fell to earth, I knew not where;For, so swiftly it flew, the sightCould not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air,It fell to earth, I knew not where;For who has sight so keen and strong,That it can follow the flight of song? Long, … Continue reading Poem – “The Arrow and the Song”
Sunday Thought: Toy God
The God of the deists is often described as a "watchmaker God," but I think a better appellation would be a clockwork God. That is, a God whom man can wind up and make go as he likes: a toy God, who will never tell you something you don't want to hear or ask anything … Continue reading Sunday Thought: Toy God
Quick Thoughts on ‘A Sound of Thunder’
This past week I read A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury, a justly famous story, as all of Bradbury's works would be were they all so famous. It has, of course, his gorgeously lyrical prose linked with his vibrant imagination ("The jungle was high and the jungle was broad and the jungle was the … Continue reading Quick Thoughts on ‘A Sound of Thunder’
Friday Flotsam: Teaching, Grammar, and Historical Tangents
1. Teaching's still going pretty well. I don't like grading papers at all, since it's hard to gauge how much of high school papers I should correct and how much I should let slide since they're high schoolers. But I got a very positive evaluation from a visiting administrator, who was impressed that I actually … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Teaching, Grammar, and Historical Tangents
Serpent's Den 