1. First and foremost, my appalling ego requires me to advise you all to hop over to A Song of Joy for a review of my first published book: The Wisdom of Walt Disney. It's also the first review of that book that I've received. To say more would be unpardonably self-aggrandizing. 2. In celebration … Continue reading Friday Flotsam – Psych Issues and I Get a Review!
Feast of the Annunciation
"But in Gondor the New Year will always now begin upon the twenty-fifth of March when Sauron fell, and when you were brought out of the fire to the King."-The Return of the King "Ecce ancilla Domini. Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum."
An Answer to Criticism
RIP Yaphet Kotto
As I've said many times, I'm a great fan of working character actors: the kind of professional performers who will never headline a marquee, but who show up again and again to deliver rock-solid performances in whatever role they're given. Recently I learned that one of the best of that breed has as last gone … Continue reading RIP Yaphet Kotto
The Temple of the Night
“Magnificent!” The young Englishwoman gazed out over the deep, mist-filled gorge. The mountains crowded in on all sides, their grey flanks dyed red in the rising sun, while the valley below was so deep and so narrow that what little could be seen through the breaks in the blanket of mists was lost in shadow. … Continue reading The Temple of the Night
Friday Flotsam: The Feast of St. Joseph
1. A blessed Feast of St. Joseph to you all! May the foster father of Our Lord Jesus intercede on behalf of everyone who reads this and for the Church and our nation as a whole. 2. A thought occurred to me this morning, listening to a sermon on St. Joseph (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OXUfeFFjXg). The priest points … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: The Feast of St. Joseph
St. Patrick’s Day
LatinEnglishSancti Patricii Hymnus ad Temoriam.The Lorica, Breastplate, of St. Patrick (The Cry of the Deer) Ad Temoriam hodie potentiam praepollentem invoco Trinitatis,Credo in Trinitatem sub unitate numinis elementorum.I arise todayThrough a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,Through belief in the Threeness,Through confession of the Onenessof the Creator of creation.Apud Temoriam hodie virtutem nativitatis Christi … Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day
Thought of the Day: Offensive to Me
I hear someone say "This movie / book / game / show / joke is offensive because it presents an unflattering stereotype of such-and-such a people." I think "Wow. As a Roman Catholic, socially reactionary monarchist who tends to support 'right wing' politics, I can't image what that would be like."
The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet was one of the top classic radio pulp heroes, along with the Lone Ranger (from the same author -Fran Striker - and whom the Hornet was descended from) and the king of all pulps, the Shadow. By day he's newspaper magnate Britt Reid (back when that was a more respectable occupation than … Continue reading The Green Hornet
Serpent's Den 