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"I would like to say 'This book is written to the glory of God', but nowadays this would be the trick of a cheat, i.e., it would not be correctly understood."--Ludwig Wittgenstein

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."--Soren Kierkegaard

Thursday, April 20, 2017

How many shovels does the DOJ have?

Has no one in the Trump Administration heard of the first rule of holes? “Hawaii is, in fact, an island in the Pacific – a beautiful on...

Even Though Elvis Made a Movie There?

Does the appellate brief begin with "The lower court's ruling is invalid because it sits on an island in the Pacific"? ...

I was just kidding about the "death".....

"Words matter." Didn't Rush Limbaugh used to say that? This is why the POTUS shouldn't get history lessons from fore...

Old times there are not forgotten....

Maybe the $400 juicer is an object lesson in hubris: Juicero is a juicing machine and service that secured about $120 million in fundi...

"Old School"

"You're my boy, Blue!" That should be what I mean by the title. If you still don't get it, just move on. I have low...

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Ummmm.....

Despite major outside money, FAKE media support and eleven Republican candidates, BIG "R" win with runoff in Georgia. Glad to be...

Eastertide 2017: Notes Toward a Wider Theological Insight

If you are a non-believer, are you also a atheist? All atheists are non-believers; but are all non-believers atheists? The term is a sli...

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

"Have you seen the little piggies?"

This ad was the "game changer" that won Sen. Joni Ernst her place in the Senate. So now how does Sen. Ernst "make 'e...

Eastertide 2017

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Joshua Gone Barbados

This is a call for revolution from someone who won't be involved in the revolution. This is a call for "let's you and him fig...

The REAL North Korean Problem

Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem? We will see what happens! — Dona...

Monday, April 17, 2017

Of Cabbages and Kings

"The first 90 days of my presidency has exposed the total failure of the last eight years of foreign policy!" So true. @foxandfr...

Easter Monday 2017

Sunday Morning BY WALLACE STEVENS I Complacencies of the peignoir, and late Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair, And the gree...

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Easter 2017

The Easter Vigil is an ancient service of the church, predating the Christ Mass (which became "Christmas") by centuries. It was...

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Evening of Holy Saturday 2017

Now some women were observing this from a distance, among whom were Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, ...

Holy Saturday 2017

Now some women were observing this from a distance, among whom were Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, an...

Holy Saturday 2017

The silence of Good Friday deserves to be broken only by music like this.

Holy Saturday 2017

Friday, April 14, 2017

Good Friday: A Meditation for 2017

I wrote this two years ago for Good Friday, and decided to re-post it this year. Appropriate to the day, no art for this post; again. The...

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