For this Saturday's entertainment, here's one of Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane stories: Skulls in the Stars Credit: Guillem H. Pongiluppi, Art Station He told how murders walk the earthBeneath the curse of Cain,With crimson clouds before their eyesAnd flames about their brain:For blood has left upon their soulsIts everlasting stain.—Hood I There are two … Continue reading R.E. Howard: Skulls in the Stars
Friday Flotsam: Don’t Like ‘Like, Comment, and Subscribe’
1. More and more it seems to me that where modern psychology is correct, it ends up being a complicated way of saying the same thing that Old Wives and monks have said for time immemorial. This week I watched a couple videos on dopamine, its affect on brain, and the means to counteract it, … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Don’t Like ‘Like, Comment, and Subscribe’
Thought of the Day: The Elephant in the Room
We supposedly know more today than ever before about human behavior and society. We know more than ever about how the brain actually works, what people actually want and need, and we've been steadily throwing off more and more of the old taboos, prejudices, and superstitions that once ruled our lives. The elephant in the … Continue reading Thought of the Day: The Elephant in the Room
Thought of the Day: A Solution to the Immaculate Conception – Evolution Problem
Honestly, I have no bone in the evolution fight. To my mind it makes no practical difference whether, as a matter of prehistoric fact, humans are or are not bodily descended from apes or other animals. I think most of the 'conclusions' that people derive from the theory (e.g. "see, everything is just a chemical … Continue reading Thought of the Day: A Solution to the Immaculate Conception – Evolution Problem
Catholic Match Catch-Up
I've been taking an extended break from Catholic Match while trying to get the rest of my life together. But I still write for them intermittently, which means that, as a side effect of my break, I've been missing when my own essays appear (these things are written months in advance). So today I'm going … Continue reading Catholic Match Catch-Up
The Mikado
I am rapidly becoming a full-bore Gilbert and Sullivan fan. Their plays are some of those works, like the writings of Shakespeare, Pope, and Dickens, that really show off the English language to its full power of rhythm, sound, and turns of meaning. As well, of course, of being set to absolutely beautiful music. I … Continue reading The Mikado
Friday Flotsam: Slack Tide
1. As I think I've mentioned before now, I don't currently belong to a parish, mostly because my living situation is not one that I want to ascribe any kind of permanency to. However, I have been attending one particular parish as a rule for some time now, mostly because they kept offering the Sacraments … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Slack Tide
San Francisco International
On Saturdays I like to offer some form of entertainment. Sometimes it's my own fiction, other times it's bringing attention to something that I think is worth your time. For today, I'm offering one of my favorite episodes of one of my favorite shows: Mystery Science Theater 3000, episode 614: San Francisco International. This, I … Continue reading San Francisco International
Friday Flotsam: The Possibility of a New Constantine and the Chance to Buy Me a Drink
1. First let's talk coffee You may notice the new tip-jar in the right-hand menu or the footer. If you've been making the rounds of our little corner of the internet, you've probably heard of Ko-fi by now. Simply put, it's a service where if you like what you see here and want to show … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: The Possibility of a New Constantine and the Chance to Buy Me a Drink
‘Make Mine Freedom’
Allow me to present a startlingly accurate warning from 1948, back in the days when the American system actually tried to defend itself. https://videopress.com/v/GdRUxlfG?preloadContent=metadata You know, I have my own criticisms of the position taken by this short, but my goodness, it's refreshing to see it actually articulated, and pretty well too. Also, note the … Continue reading ‘Make Mine Freedom’
Serpent's Den 