This video of a tense moment of border patrol agents meeting with their commander has been making the rounds lately. I share it both because it’s yet-another encouraging sign that the stranglehold is unravelling and because it’s an example of something that I’ve been noticing lately. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIMORHoe_m8 The commander’s attitude is what I would call … Continue reading Pseudo-Leadership
Friday Flotsam: More Thrawn and Robin Hood
1. My neck of the woods was supposed to receive a snow storm, so I took some time off this week to avoid the hassle (I'm also currently in a borrowed car that doesn't do snow very well). Turned out to be not nearly as bad as advertised, but I got some time to think … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: More Thrawn and Robin Hood
‘Megamind’ at the Everyman
Got to do an essay on Megamind at last: There’s really a lot that could be said about this movie. I wouldn’t call it a great film: there are some gaps in the writing and not all the jokes land (though most of them do). But it is a very good film, with strong storytelling, … Continue reading ‘Megamind’ at the Everyman
Flotsam: Heir to the Empire and New Filmmaking
1. I'm dipping my toes into the 'Star Wars' expanded universe with Heir to the Empire. I'm about half-way through, and my impression so far is that it's a lot of fun and a genuinely pretty good extension of the story. There's a good sense that, yes, this is a logical scenario for 'what happens … Continue reading Flotsam: Heir to the Empire and New Filmmaking
Thought of the Day: IQ
Of course, the real IQ test is "Do you think intelligence is the sort of thing that can be adequately expressed with numbers?"
“Tonight, I Am Nemesis”
Revenge stories never grow old. Though as Christians we know that wrath is a sin and vengeance belongs to the Lord, yet we still get a visceral satisfaction from a well-told tale of revenge. Don't believe me? Go read The Count of Monte Christo. We may deplore it morally, but...well, it feel rights. This isn't … Continue reading “Tonight, I Am Nemesis”
Fr. Ripperger on Brainwashing
A very interesting and instructive series on the truth and how we know it and how brainwashing works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCnPhQjVyZM&ab_channel=SensusFidelium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN-XM2qUKjM&ab_channel=SensusFidelium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJUt7uOLw94&t=125s&ab_channel=SensusFidelium
Flotsam: Of Kings, Clothes, and Inspiration
1. Yesterday was the anniversary of the martyrdom of King Louis XVI, so I made sure to go to Mass to ask his intercession, and that of all the royal saints, that we might have good leaders in Church and State. Or, failing that, at least leaders who aren't brain-dead swine. Appropriately enough, the first … Continue reading Flotsam: Of Kings, Clothes, and Inspiration
Thought of the Day: Power
We keep giving our rulers more power so that they can prevent anyone from having too much power.
Thought of the Day: Tom Cruise
Has anyone checked Tom Cruise's attic for the portrait of an old man, wizened and corrupted beyond all recognition? No reason. Just curious.
Serpent's Den 