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Auden3 comments

sledpress wrote 1 week ago: Sometimes I enjoy the pleasure of an unhurried supper with a book beside me; it’s one of the p … more →

Tags: Ripped from the Headlines, News of the War, The Shield of Achilles, W H Auden

Inigo Montoya and the Princess Phone1 comment

jamesthethickheaded wrote 1 month ago: The following is an excerpt from a letter to some of the guys we’re trying to “reach out … more →

BloggerDude Spamalot4 comments

jamesthethickheaded wrote 1 month ago: “I don’t know If I said it already but …Excellent site, keep up the good work. I read a lot of … more →

Geekin' with the SubDeacon6 comments

jamesthethickheaded wrote 1 month ago: So I got a note the other day from a kind reader. I don’t get many notes… maybe it … more →

Tags: Humor, Western Rite

M.C.Steenberg, St.G. and the Life of Moses2 comments

jamesthethickheaded wrote 1 month ago: I’m a fan of Deacon Matthew Steenberg’s “A Word from the Holy Fathers” podca … more →

Tags: Moses

Tears Burning like a River of Fire2 comments

jamesthethickheaded wrote 2 months ago: There is much that came to mind when I read the close of Kalomiris’s “River of Fire”. Mostly what st … more →

Let's All Queue Up To Kick God's Ass6 comments

sledpress wrote 2 months ago: If you recognize that quotation, you are in the inner circle of an Inner Circle — the people w … more →

Tags: Life is Dumb, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Watergate, McCarthy, HUAC, schizophrenia, Science Fiction, Philip K. Dick, Michael Bishop

Hold that foolish thought3 comments

jamesthethickheaded wrote 2 months ago: This blog is as much a place marker for thoughts I’d rather not lose… some mine, more th … more →

Fr. Stephen on Fr. Mel9 comments

jamesthethickheaded wrote 2 months ago: Fr. Stephen Freeman, one of the more prolific and excellent Orthodox bloggers wrote on an excerpt fr … more →

With fear of God...

jamesthethickheaded wrote 2 months ago: When the priest sings, “With fear of God, and faith and love, draw near…”  we … more →

Tags: Moses

So... Ever Ride with The Searchers?2 comments

jamesthethickheaded wrote 3 months ago: For a while John Ford’s “The Searchers” was rated THE top flick of all time. Subse … more →

Tags: mysteries of life

Zizioulas on the Epicletical Apocalypse3 comments

jamesthethickheaded wrote 3 months ago: Let me admit at the outset to a bit of mystification with the Apocalypse. This is not just with part … more →

Otherwise Engaged5 comments

jamesthethickheaded wrote 3 months ago: These days, there’s no doubt I am Otherwise Engaged. There’s blogging, and there’s … more →

Beyond The Pale11 comments

sledpress wrote 3 months ago: My questionable but sprightly engineer friend returned a couple of days ago from a family excursion … more →

Tags: Music, Ashfall Fossil Beds, cambrian, Silurian, cretaceous, Tertiary, Eohippus, Paleontology, rachmaninoff

Orthodox Christianity and Anti-Semitism

jamesthethickheaded wrote 3 months ago: Fr. Andrew of Orthodox England responded to a question in the current issue of his excellent journal … more →

Dildo Alert, or, Say It With Flowers6 comments

sledpress wrote 4 months ago: Flowering Dildo Cactus from Desert-Tropicals.com I have only recently had cause to refer back to the … more →

Tags: Idiots, Life is Dumb, WTF, Bad manners, pretentiousness, pseudonymous authorship

On Bernanke and Why We Need Torture...5 comments

jamesthethickheaded wrote 4 months ago: Let me state first off that I have a tongue and sometimes it gets planted somewhere inside my mouth … more →

Tags: Humor

"Comprised Of": Stop It Already!19 comments

sledpress wrote 4 months ago: I have just made my hundredth or so observation of incorrect use of this phrase in published form, m … more →

Tags: Idiots, Life is Dumb, WTF, "composed of", "comprised of", american heritage dictionary, governmentese, ignorance, incorrect English

Eyes Wide Shut... Mouth... Keyboard....3 comments

jamesthethickheaded wrote 4 months ago: So after reading this wonderful piece this weekend I’m thinking about the nature of farm life … more →

Tags: Humor


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