Saturday, November 16, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
Domenico Cardinal Bartolucci Has Passed
Chant Cafe: Funeral Mass for Cardinal Bartolucci, 9:30 am Eastern Time, Wednesday, November 13
NLM: Cardinal Bartolucci Interviewed on the Liturgical Reform and Sacred Music - An NLM Exclusive
(Rorate Caeli)
From 2009 - Rorate Caeli: A bombshell of an interview. Mons. Domenico Bartolucci on the liturgical reforms and the reform of the reform.
NLM: Cardinal Bartolucci Interviewed on the Liturgical Reform and Sacred Music - An NLM Exclusive
(Rorate Caeli)
From 2009 - Rorate Caeli: A bombshell of an interview. Mons. Domenico Bartolucci on the liturgical reforms and the reform of the reform.
Annie Get Your Gun
Someone linked to this over at Vox Day: Chicks Rule at IDPA Nationals
What to think of that trend? Some men may find it a turn-on that those few attractive women who compete in such events are even hotter because they know how to handle a gun. And it may be beneficial for a woman to know how to defend herself. But does participating in such competitions have an effect on their femininity?
An amazonian personality coming to be? This little girl dreams of going into law enforcement. And her parents consider themselves conservatives? What a joke.
What to think of that trend? Some men may find it a turn-on that those few attractive women who compete in such events are even hotter because they know how to handle a gun. And it may be beneficial for a woman to know how to defend herself. But does participating in such competitions have an effect on their femininity?
An amazonian personality coming to be? This little girl dreams of going into law enforcement. And her parents consider themselves conservatives? What a joke.
More Examples of Indoctrination in Children's Literature
Program the child, control the adult.
Froggy Plays Soccer by Jonathan London - Froggy's dad is assistant coach. Who's the coach? The mother of one of Froggy's friends.
Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed by Eileen Christelow - I have not read the other books in the series but in this one I noticed that the monkey mom is the only one putting the monkeys to bed, the only seen in the adult bedroom later, by herself? Where's the monkey dad? Is he a deadbeat dad? Is the monkey mom a single mom? Or a widow?
Vox is right that it is irresponsible to leave your children in the hands of the public education establishment, if not child abuse.
Froggy Plays Soccer by Jonathan London - Froggy's dad is assistant coach. Who's the coach? The mother of one of Froggy's friends.
Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed by Eileen Christelow - I have not read the other books in the series but in this one I noticed that the monkey mom is the only one putting the monkeys to bed, the only seen in the adult bedroom later, by herself? Where's the monkey dad? Is he a deadbeat dad? Is the monkey mom a single mom? Or a widow?
Vox is right that it is irresponsible to leave your children in the hands of the public education establishment, if not child abuse.
The Night of the Doctor
Twitch:
It's nice to see #8 again, and it's understandable that fans of #8 would like more - something before or during the Time War? The short episode explains how The Time Lord with No Name came to be, and I can't say #8's personality is different from what was shown in the Fox movie, even if it does have a great resonance with nuWho. (Too needy and pleady.) For me the episode is a reminder of how the franchise has been mishandled (starting with the Fox movie) and how far we've come from classic British TV.
It's nice to see #8 again, and it's understandable that fans of #8 would like more - something before or during the Time War? The short episode explains how The Time Lord with No Name came to be, and I can't say #8's personality is different from what was shown in the Fox movie, even if it does have a great resonance with nuWho. (Too needy and pleady.) For me the episode is a reminder of how the franchise has been mishandled (starting with the Fox movie) and how far we've come from classic British TV.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Office Depot and Office Max have merged - so how many of the local stores will be closing? There are at least 2 of each within a 8-mile radius from here.
Grounds for Annulment?
This story about a Chinese man suing his wife for divorce because she deceived him about her appearance through plastic surgery has been making the rounds on the internet and FB. (Edit. It has been shown to be a hoax.) Would this sort of deception grounds for annulment? What would the moral theologians and canon lawyers say about this case?
I was thinking about this last night - what are the Latin churches doing to mitigate divorce or determine fault? Who would have the authority to determine fault and enforce sanctions for someone who destroyed a marriage, such as excommunication and social ostracization? Where are the consequences for bad wives? (I think we know what happens to husbands, good or bad, in our current legal system.)
Plastic surgery culture flourishes in East Asia: not just Korea and Japan, but also in Hong Kong and Taiwan. (I don't know if it is a booming business in mainland China yet. Maybe the unmarried career women have been resorting to plastic surgery.) But I should have known better than to think that the Latinas deserved their reputation for beauty - case in point, the Venezuelans. Miss Venezuela wins Miss Universe. Another plastic beauty?
iirc, CH made fun of NBL judge Osmel.
I was thinking about this last night - what are the Latin churches doing to mitigate divorce or determine fault? Who would have the authority to determine fault and enforce sanctions for someone who destroyed a marriage, such as excommunication and social ostracization? Where are the consequences for bad wives? (I think we know what happens to husbands, good or bad, in our current legal system.)
Plastic surgery culture flourishes in East Asia: not just Korea and Japan, but also in Hong Kong and Taiwan. (I don't know if it is a booming business in mainland China yet. Maybe the unmarried career women have been resorting to plastic surgery.) But I should have known better than to think that the Latinas deserved their reputation for beauty - case in point, the Venezuelans. Miss Venezuela wins Miss Universe. Another plastic beauty?
iirc, CH made fun of NBL judge Osmel.
God is Good and Merciful
He gave us the avocado. What other proof would a paleo/primal enthusiast need?
Never-Browns Guacamole
Updated. Eating fresh avocados may chase away hunger pains
Never-Browns Guacamole
Updated. Eating fresh avocados may chase away hunger pains
Stromberg Responds to Storck and Cavanaugh
Polis, State, and the Common Good
I wrote some quick notes here on Storck and Cavanaugh, which need to be fleshed out more fully.
On Aristotelian analysis of accidental unities: the use of form and matter to analyze accidental unities (like the unity of a community) is not problematic, if that sort of unity is understood probably (i.e. not identical to substantial unity).
Otherwise, I agree with Stromberg for the most part.
I wrote some quick notes here on Storck and Cavanaugh, which need to be fleshed out more fully.
On Aristotelian analysis of accidental unities: the use of form and matter to analyze accidental unities (like the unity of a community) is not problematic, if that sort of unity is understood probably (i.e. not identical to substantial unity).
Otherwise, I agree with Stromberg for the most part.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
John Tavener Has Passed
Eternal memory.
BBC News
Arts Journal
NPR
Eric Whitacre Remembers
An interview from earlier this year:
BBC News
Arts Journal
NPR
Eric Whitacre Remembers
An interview from earlier this year:
King of a multicultural UK?
Prince Charles at 65: A modern man of undimmed energy ready to be king
As the Prince of Wales approaches his 65th birthday, Charles Moore argues that he has made a success of his current, unique role, and that bodes well for his next
As the Prince of Wales approaches his 65th birthday, Charles Moore argues that he has made a success of his current, unique role, and that bodes well for his next
Time has also allowed the seeds the Prince of Wales planted long ago to bear fruit. For about 40 years, his search for that path through the thicket has taken him into countless areas; youth opportunities, business in the community, the environment, inter-faith relations, food and farming, literature, liturgy, architecture, the armed services, crafts, enterprise, education and medicine. Often, his outspokenness has caused alarm, and sometimes he has seemed to lack judgment.
But two things have emerged. The first is that these causes are not, in fact, a ragbag. They represent a consistent approach to life in which the material and the spiritual are linked. He believes that what people eat, how they grow it or rear it, what they live in, the language they use, the art they produce, how they pray, how they look after one another and care for their health, all relate.
For much longer than anyone else in public life, he has done a huge amount to establish these connections. The Prince has got there first, and got others to follow after. There was a tremendous stink in Buckingham Palace when, in 1985, he planned to attend Mass in Pope John Paul II’s private chapel when visiting him in Rome. In the end, he was told he could not do so. There was also scoffing when he spoke of wanting to be “Defender of Faith” rather than the Faith. But it turns out that the Prince saw more clearly than most the importance, in religion, of maximising what people can share. The man who sneaks off to Mount Athos, dabbles in Eastern mysticism and searches for what is best in Islam is the same man who stands up for the King James Bible. It works. He has become the main unofficial leader of interfaith trust.
Obviously it's men's fault again, and not that of the lying sex-positive feminists.
Because men and women are created equally for casual sex, right?
In Hookups, Inequality Still Reigns
Even as young women are becoming equal partners in the hookup culture, they are less likely to experience orgasm during uncommitted encounters than in serious relationships, studies show.
In Hookups, Inequality Still Reigns
Even as young women are becoming equal partners in the hookup culture, they are less likely to experience orgasm during uncommitted encounters than in serious relationships, studies show.
A woman was dating someone in her group [band] for some time; now she's with another fellow in her band. I don't know if the ex- is still in the band or not; wouldn't that be awkward for everyone? And dating within the band may seem 'natural' - it just 'happened' but...
A mutual decision to separate? Got tired of waiting for a ring? Disappointment and loss of attraction?
A mutual decision to separate? Got tired of waiting for a ring? Disappointment and loss of attraction?
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