1. Moving on Tuesday, so most my time is taken up in packing. Fortunately, I've been doing it in increments for months, so there isn't a whole lot left to be done. Mostly it's a matter of deciding how to pack up the delicates and deciding what will be needed between now and then. 2. … Continue reading Flotsam: Councils of the Church and On Underestimating God
Friday Flotsam
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1. I am continually amazed, not just at how stupid, incompetent, and immoral our current societal elites really are, but also at the fact that so many of us continue to take them seriously. "Dr. Fauci says so-and-so." Okay, and why do you care what that careerist moron says, exactly? To say "I heard it … Continue reading Flotsam
Flotsam: Various Writing Observations
1. A few observations on different works: 2. When Uncle Walt adapted Alice in Wonderland, he and his writers ended up giving it a bit more of a plot than the book had. Not much, but a little. And if you notice, the plot they gave it was pretty much lifted directly from The Wizard … Continue reading Flotsam: Various Writing Observations
Flotsam: Slumming It
1. For one reason or another (none reflecting well on me), this is Sunday flotsam. And Sunday flotsam on the Feast of the Assumption at that, yet I currently have nothing edifying to say about Our Lady. 2. So instead, I'm just going to slum it and drop a few of my favorite riffs from … Continue reading Flotsam: Slumming It
Flotsam: Fitting Final Lines
To every actor there comes a final performance. Most of the time, for such is the nature of the beast, they're pretty prosaic affairs, often obscure, coming and going with little fanfare. But sometimes it happens that a prominent performer gets to end his film career on a high note, ending his final performance with … Continue reading Flotsam: Fitting Final Lines
Friday Flotsam: Mostly Alice
1. This week, as a much-needed relaxation (and to help with a ‘Batman’ fan-fiction I was writing), I revisited the Alice books. I’d almost forgotten how delightful they are. Just a wonderful romp of satirical nonsense, done in that delightful Victorian way. They’re also one of the best examples of capturing the feel of a … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Mostly Alice
Flotsam: Miscellaneous
1. My cold of two weeks ago came back with a vengeance this week. Never quite bad enough to keep me away from work (certainly not while I'm still on probation time before my PTO becomes available), but more than bad enough to make the experience quite miserable. Hence why this is a non-specific Flotsam. … Continue reading Flotsam: Miscellaneous
Flotsam: Mostly Batman
1. I've been re-watching some of Batman: The Animated Series lately, reminding myself of just how good it really was. Those gorgeous black-paper backgrounds, that wonderful Fleischer-style animation (the creators said they wanted it to look as though it had been made in the 1940s. I think they succeeded both in look and feel), those … Continue reading Flotsam: Mostly Batman
Friday Flotsam: Tribalism and Boomers
1. I started my new job this week, which was pretty much just all orientation. A little irksome, but if they want to pay me to sit in a room and listen to someone talk for eight hours, I'll take it. No idea how my actual job will work out, since I've not done anything … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Tribalism and Boomers
Friday Flotsam: On Professor Tolkien and Related(?) Matters
1. I have been reading the letters of Professor Tolkien lately, mostly straight through, though sometimes jumping about when I want to find his views on something specific. Mostly I read it because I enjoy his company, as it were, and I feel as though I am getting to know him personally as a man. … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: On Professor Tolkien and Related(?) Matters
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