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A Song for Our Time
Yet I can't think why... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm4VR439pZQ&ab_channel=UnclaimedFr8
Friday Flotsam
1. I have been feeling oddly harried these days as I try to hunt for a better day job and try to prevent too much of my headspace from being occupied by insane nonsense that I can't control. 2. I've disliked the designation 'Conservative' for some time now. In the first place because 'conservative' is … Continue reading Friday Flotsam
Escape to Some Fantastic Schools
Want to take your mind off things? Pick up a volume or two of Fantastic Schools (now both available in paperback: a nice, thick volume to decorate your shelf and that can't be digitally taken away from you). Official Blurb:Have you ever wanted to go to magic school? To cast spells and brew potions and … Continue reading Escape to Some Fantastic Schools
Brief Current Events Thought
I have not been blogging lately in part because I've been simultaneously preoccupied with what is happening in our country and desirous of avoiding exposure to it as much as possible. Even small dips left me so angry as to be nauseous. But through one or two trusted sources (there are only a handful of … Continue reading Brief Current Events Thought
Thought of the Day
Brought on by viewing this year's TCM Remembers. When the day comes that Arnold Schwarzenegger ends up in one of these, there is only one line they must use as his epitaph: "I know now why you cry. But it's something I can never do."
TCM Remembers 2020
Another year, another TCM Remembers, and my goodness, we lost some big ones this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuVq-E3_KjE
Quotation of the Day
Boswell: “So, Sir, you laugh at schemes of political improvement?”Johnson: “Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things.”-Life of Johnson
It’s a Pastel Life
This year, due to circumstances beyond my control, we had the colorized version of It's a Wonderful Life for our yearly viewing. I'd never actually seen that version before (which James Stewart famously said he couldn't stand even to watch), so it was at least instructive. Well, I didn't find it unwatchable, since with a … Continue reading It’s a Pastel Life
Christmas Bells
(I used this poem as the basis for today's Catholic Match post. It seems especially fitting for this year, so I offer you the whole thing) I heard the bells on Christmas DayTheir old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeatOf peace on earth, good-will to men! And thought how, as the day had … Continue reading Christmas Bells
Serpent's Den 