tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65821992011-04-21T14:11:05.019-05:00Returning to The Cave, since 1999. Doing it online since 2004. <br>(Apologies to Cacciaguida)Flambeauxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00133131881423202010noreply@blogger.comBlogger881100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582199.post-88638087203506186852008-04-06T19:20:00.003-05:002008-04-06T19:27:56.327-05:00

One year since the last post. And over two years since the last post of any substance.I'm sure I have no readers left. And there are so many blogs now. And most of those I started blogging with have given it up.And I haven't felt as though I had anything to say in a couple of years. So why don't I just delete the blog and give it up?I don't know.Why do I keep putting up posts that say I'll get

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I realized, when I noted on Zorak's blog the other day, that I hadn't posted in so long, I'd dropped off her links list. Most of the folks I "knew" online no longer blog. But a few still post occasionally, and I've kept reading. Who knows...I might even develop a readership this time. Regular posting might help...A real post either later tonight or tomorrow.

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Test...test...test...

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Not much to say. I've been busy and cranky of late. Watching some bloggers descend into maddness is...not amusing...but, oddly fascinating. Things are good with the family. We've all been busy. Stitchwitch is figuring out how to juggle homemaking, child-rearing, and running a business. I'm exploring more opportunities to direct again. I'll be directing a musical this spring. I am very excited

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as if I needed something to depress me further.I just had a great, screedy, intemperate rant. A real baring-of-Flambeaux's-soul self-indulgent whinefest.Blogger ate it.I'm not sure whether I should laugh or cry.

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So, what have we been up to, some of you are wondering.Well, in addition to taking care of the now-7-month old new one, my wife and a friend of hers have launched a company:Pink Ink Writers, copywriting and graphic design servicesCheck out the site. Give them some feedback. Hire them, if you need copy or graphics.

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So, at the urging of Julie D. of Happy Catholic and Erik Keilholtz of Erik's Rants & Recipes, I decided that I ought to spruce up the joint a bit, and endeavor to show up once in a while.I largely stopped blogging because I had nothing to say. I'm still not sure I have anything to say, but I'm being told to say things. It ocurred to me, as I thought about this all weekend, that what I have to say

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You scored as Serenity (Firefly). You like to live your own way and donâ??t enjoy when anyone but a friend tries to tell you should do different. Now if only the Reavers would quit trying to skin you.Moya (Farscape)100%Serenity (Firefly)100%Enterprise D (Star Trek)75%Babylon 5 (Babylon 5)75%Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda)75%Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix)75%SG-1 (Stargate)75%Deep Space Nine (Star

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I've wanted to say this about Harry Potter for a while. Sean P. Dailey, of the American Chesterton Society, and thier publication Gilbert! Magazine, beat me to it.He and I disagree about economics, but we are united about Harry Potter. At least we agree about the important things. *grin*I am tired of anti-Potterites, Protestant or Catholic, using half-baked arguments to condemn the books. I am

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You Are a Soy LatteAt your best, you are: free spirited, down to earth, and relaxedAt your worst, you are: dogmatic and pickyYou drink coffee when: you need a pick me up, and green tea isn't cutting itYour caffeine addiction level: mediumWhat Kind of Coffee Are You?Courtesy Jelly Pinched Wolf, who's running a poetry night at a local cafe later this month. Head over to his place for the details,

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Sorry for the lack of posts. I'm stunned to discover that I still have anyone who reads this blog. My sitemeter tells me that 65 folks stop by a week. Despite no posts in the last several months. With that in mind, I'll endeavor to post more regularly in the new year, and I'll talk with a friend about a site redesign, since I've no patience to learn HTML.All that said, family from New Olreans is

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Just an FYI. My family is accounted for -- all alive, thank God. Prayers for those who didn't, and won't, make it.Anyone who wants details on whereabouts of my relatives are welcome to email me:flambeaux_bearer[at]yahoo[dot]comIt's going to be a while before anyone goes home, assuming that ever happens. Eight more weeks of hurricane season to go -- this year.In other, completely unrelated news,

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769,440 descendants- you're more genetically fit than 62% of the current population - 769,440. Nice. You're no Mongol warlord, but to have that many copies of your genetic code running around 800 years from now is pretty impressive. You're not at the top of the scoring spectrum, but, honestly, when you consider that the cheaters, swindlers, and football players of this world are statistically

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You scored as Albus Dumbledore. Strong and powerful you admirably defend your world and your charges against those who would seek to harm them. However sometimes you can fail to do what you must because you care too much to cause suffering.Albus Dumbledore95%Draco Malfoy85%Harry Potter80%Sirius Black70%Ron Weasley60%Hermione Granger55%Severus Snape55%Ginny Weasley55%Remus Lupin50%Lord

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I'm just glad I don't know this guy. Given some of my friends, that's a genuine concern.http://www.wftv.com/news/4804109/detail.html

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My apologies. My contract went permanent, so my new employer has been squeezing productivity out of me. Consequently, I've not had the energy to assemble the promised posts on my conversion and TOTB and The Incredibles.They ARE coming. It's just going to take me longer than I had hoped.But, employment beats a sharp stick in the eye. Or so I keep telling myself as I'm asked to relearn how to code

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Okay, so I'm being replaced by an illiterate teenager for whom IM is Life.Actually, I'm just going to be out for a while. Alaska. Kill salmon. Kill cigars.Comments gone. Troll infestation. No, Russ, not you, in case you were wondering. Some jackanapes I encountered years ago bloviating on Mark Shea's blog who won't get his own free piece of the internet to soil. He insists on soiling other's

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Rough translation from a Bavarian radio interview in 1986. Shamelessly taken from Fr. Sibley, whose blog you should read frequently. Yes, frequently should you read his blog.That is what distinguishes the Christian—that he has received a tongue of fire in addition to his human nature. That is how the Church came into being. Each person receives the tongue of fire that is wholly and personally his

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From Diogenes of CWN:The whole article may be found here.The spiritual orientation of the man who has judged the Church wrong isn't and can't be the same as he who offers her his obedience -- however perplexed and tormented he may find himself. If you think the Church has given you false answers, then even the value of her right answers is provisional. Should you come to doubt the truth of an

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Been busy at work. Substance forthcoming, but probably not until after my vacation later this month. Look for Part 2 of my reversion post after Memorial Day. Until then, some odds and ends.Gregory IX In the letter 'Cum Sicut Ex' to Sigurd, Archbishop of Nidaros in 1241"Since as we have learned in your report, it sometimes happens because of the scarcity of water, that infants of your lands are

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On Being Neither Liberal nor ConservativeHUMAN PERSONHOOD BEGINS AT CONCEPTIONDo you have a Pope in your belly?And, finally, a treasure trove of Latin stuff.Hat tip to The Curt Jester for the first two. Hat tip to Pontificator for his post. I don't remember which blogger first led me to the Latin link, but I thank them.

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Jesus, I honor You on the feast of Your Ascension into heaven. I rejoice with all my heart at the glory into which You entered to reign as King of heaven and earth. When the struggle of this life is over, give me the grace to share Your joy and triumph in heaven for all eternity.I believe that You entered into Your glorious Kingdom to prepare a place for me, for You promised to come again to take

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Do you understand sex? Do you know anything about sexual intercourse? Take this simple test and find out:Question: Does the thought of praying before, during, and after an act of sexual intercoursea) Kill the moodb) Seem weirdc) make perfect sense?If you answer a or b, you don't know beans about sex.*Used with permission of Athanasius.If you'd like to learn more about sex go here or here.

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"Resuming the Wednesday general audiences," he went on, "I wish to speak of the name I chose on becoming bishop of Rome and pastor of the universal Church. I chose to call myself Benedict XVI ideally as a link to the venerated Pontiff, Benedict XV, who guided the Church through the turbulent times of the First World War. He was a true and courageous prophet of peace who struggled strenuously and

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The ways of the Lord are not comfortable, but we were not created for comfort, but for greatness, for good. -- Benedict XVI

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“Being incapable of acknowledging guilt is the most dangerous form of spiritually arrested development one can imagine, because this in particular makes people incapable of improvement.” -- from God and the World, his interview with journalist Peter Seewald while still Cdl. Ratzinger.

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Who have good sense on the election of Benedict XVILileks is genius:Today's bleat is a must read.Alexander the Great is sublime.And I'll try to get an answer to the question GTA asked over in the comments of Synonyms & Sugar.

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A church without theology impoverishes and blinds, while a churchless theology melts away into caprice. -- Pope Benedict XVI, back in 1982 when he was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

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Lot's going on, especially at work. This is threatening to go permanent, and my employer expects me to actually do work. Go figure.As such, I am still working on the College Years post and a post on the Theology of the Body in The Incredibles.As to the long promised post on Monarchy, it will likely grow out of the series on my conversion/reversion experience, as the two are integrally linked.In

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For Gonzo, who asked for this years ago. For Jason, who learned parts of this when we were in law school together. For the crew of commenters at Boxing Alcibiades who were the most recent folks to request the following. I give you part 1. I have no idea how many installments this will take. Several people have asked me over the years for the following. Encouraged by eowyn in comments at Boxing

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Farewell for now, dear readers (assuming I still have any). I'm neither blogging nor blogwatching during Lent, among other things. If anyone wants to get hold of me feel free to email me at flambeaux_bearer@[NoSPAM]yahoo[DOT]com. I presume my readers can figure out how to make that work properly. If anyone is still casting about for something to do during Lent (remember, it's not just a "

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Candlemas, a/k/a The Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, a/k/a Feast of the Purification of the BVM More on these later today. And yes, I'm still working on the monarchy post. However, between flu, paid employment, and too many topics for a coherent post, it is being delayed. As I'm not blogging during Lent, it may be an Eastertide post. That would certainly afford me some time to clarify

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On Saturday evening, a dear friend was called home to the Lord. I ask of all of you prayers for her soul, and for the souls of all the faithful departed. She was blessed with a long life of service to God, and granted the grace of a happy death. Requiem aeternam dona ei Domine. Et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen. Anima eius et animae omnium fidelium defunctorum per

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Take the quiz: "What Monarch Are You?"Richard I You're a great explorer and you're very brave. Sometimes, you're so caught up in exploring and doing your own thing that you neglect the people around you and the things around you. Pay more attention to those parts of your life, like your family and friends. The day will come when you wil need more than just your own spirit and drive. Hat tip to

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The Old Oligarch, returning from a blog hiatus with a flurry of great posts, succinctly states one of my fundamental reasons for disagreeing with Libertarians and their thoughts on social order. Post permalinked here. As this blog has aspirations towards political philosophy, I'll write more on this topic later. But take note of the distinction between the Libertarian "voluntary/involuntary"

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This was written, and published, for the December issue of our parish magazine (Salve!). I thought it appropriate to republish here. Being asked to reflect on this pilgrimage is, in a sense, like asking one of the Japanese about the impact of Hiroshima a month after the blast. The events are still too close to give a refined account. What I can convey are the images we saw and a sense of what

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I wrote this back in the Spring of 2004 as part of a ComBox discussion. I still stand by what I wrote then, and I think now is an appropriate time to post here. Your feedback is always appreciated. We are left with bearing our cross, which includes our hapless bench of bishops. Eventually, God will call each one of them to Himself, and there they will answer for their actual sins, rather than

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1. Who was 'Satchmo'? A) Louie Prima B) Al Hirt C) Louie Armstrong D) Professor Longhair 2. Which two breweries used to be in the French Quarter? A) Regal and Jax B) Dixie and Falstaff C) Falstaff and Regal D) Jax and Dixie 3. What road was built over the old New Basin Canal? A) Canal Boulevard B) Robert E. Lee C) Basin Street D) Pontchartrain Expressway 4. What was the 'Zephyr'? A) A roller

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Catholicism is the antidote to nihilism. And by "nihilism," I mean, not the sour, dark, often violent nihilism of Nietzsche and Sartre, but what my friend, the late Father Ernest Fortin (who borrowed the term from his friend, [Allan] Bloom), used to call 'debonair nihilism': the nihilism that enjoys itself on the way to oblivion, convinced that all of this — the world, us, relationships, sex,

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Just some brain candy to tide y'all over until I can get my new posts together. (Link found on Dappled Things) You scored as alternative. You're partially respected for being an individual in a conformist world yet others take you as a radical. You have no place in society because you choose not to belong there - you're the luckiest of them all, even if your parents are completely ashamed of

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Not a Solemnity, but still (IMHO) one of the coolest days in the Christian calendar. Black vestments may be used today for the Requiem Mass commemorating the souls of all the faithful departed, and especially the poor souls in Purgatory. If you're not planning to attend a Requiem today, at least dig up a copy of a Requiem Mass and listen to it. Mozart's is probably the most famous, but there are

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and I'll say it agian. If you're not reading Pontifications, you should be. Specifically, he has some excellent posts, made recently, which bear a tangential relationship to some of the points I was trying to make in the most recent ComBox debate over on Synonyms & Sugar and on The Doppler Effect. As with most blogs, the posts make most sense when you read them in the correct sequence. I would

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Today we honor the blessed in Heaven. Tomorrow is All Souls' Day. I love being a Catholic.

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I know nothing about this regime, and very little about Cambodia's history, but this news warms the heart of this monarchist.

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Archbishop Chaput makes sense. And a link for my wife, and other parties interested in the proper way for Christian women to live. Hat tip to the magnificent Jeanetta for both links.

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Yes, I am talking about boxed wine. Having this stuff recommended to me a little over a year ago by several priest friends (budget conscious, but with good taste), I finally decided to give Black Box Wines Merlot a shot this week. In Texas $20 plus tax from a local wine store got me 3 litres of wine. Now, in the past, I've spoken extensively and vociferously about the travesty that is boxed wine

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Here is his takedown of Newsweek's idiotic assault on the Catholic Answers voter's guide. Hat tip to Secret Agent Man.

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Hat Tip to Athanasius, with whom I have in the past disagreed: He's right about this. As to what brought this up, go here, and check the comments. Oh, and a belated RIP to James Cardinal Hickey. I'll post a bit of a eulogy, and the appropriate prayers, in the next day or so.

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I've been scarce for the last few weeks. I've almost got the office at the house set up, including broadband (although I'm having router config problems). Once that is done, Stitchwitch, Boo, and I should be able to more regularly update our blogs. Also, since my ISP provides webspace, I'll likely erect an online photo gallery by Christmas. Further, I picked up a weeklong contract that's

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I'm planning to POD out with the Beatification of Emperor Karl, and attendant festivities; and perhaps see some VERY POD stuff I missed when I was there in 1997. I'll post when I return.

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Today's piece by Shannen Coffin on National Review Online is a must read, regardless of your "position" on abortion. I've been saying for some time now that there is little elected officials can do to influence abortion, and so the question of whether Catholics can, in good conscience, vote for a political candidate who supports abortion is much ado about nothing. Apparently, a federal judge

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so that I could blog in my pajamas! If you don't know what I'm talking about go here. A hat tip is also due to Little Green Footballs, where I first heard about it. And if you haven't seen Jim Lilek's place today (September 13th, 2004) you need to see the header graphic for today's bleat. In other news, Fred Ebb appears to have died over the weekend at the presumptive age of 71. Isn't it

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Assuming anyone still reads this blog, I'm planning a couple of posts in the next couple of weeks. More soon. I promise. And since my current Job-From-Hell (well, at least Purgatory) is soon to end, I will make more time in the very near future. Also, since I'll be in Rome for the end of September and beginning of October for the Beatification of Emperor Karl of Austria, I'll have a full report,

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And still blogging. I've just been really busy. Work, primarily, but with parish/KofC stuff, as well. I've started writing, again. Moving in a couple of weeks. Going to Rome about a month after that. Hoping I win the lottery somewhere up in there. Of course I'd have to buy tickets, I suppose. Things are objectively very good here. But I hate my current job (a new one, not the one I blogged

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Mea culpa. Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa. Been extraordinarily busy: finished up one contract; accepted a new contract (6mo, with an option to hire); applied for, and was approved to lease a swank new apartment for the missus and Boo. Researching whether I want DSL through Grande Communications, or Cable High Speed from Comcast. Feedback from my readers would be appreciated on that last dilemma.

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Requiescat in pace. Responsorium pro Omnium Fidelium Defucntorum Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine. Et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen. Anima eius et animae omnium fidelium defunctorum per misericordiam Dei requiescant in pace. Amen.

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Actually, I've been working. Yes, working. I'm employed through my excellent temp agency: AccounTemps, a Division of Robert Half International. It started as a 4 day assignment, and it just keeps going. I have a bunch of stuff I want to blog about, but since the StitchWitch and Boo are off galavanting about the US (visiting family, among other things), I'm here working for pay, and getting all

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Thanks to all of you who offered prayers in response to my request below. The illness seems to have resolved in the best of all probable ways. Deo Gratias! That being said, let us not forget to pray for all who were not so fortunate. Let us pray that the power of the Most High will overshadow them, and that the Spirit of Consolation may fill them.

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1) If you're not reading Pontifications, you should be. 2) Prayer Request: someone very dear to me is VERY ill. I'll blog further when I know more. But for now, please storm Heaven that His Will be done. Back to MSOffice mastery...

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I've been busy and bummed out. I appreciate my faithful readers who have checked in periodically to see if I was still at work. I am. I simply haven't had much that I wanted to blog about of late. In good news, I have some job leads, and am signed up with a very responsive temporary/permanent staffing firm. I'm currently immersed in preparing for my Microsoft Excel cert exam next week, as well

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I promise. For now: See my wife's account of our meeting with Interstellar Superstar Zorak the Embittered Mantis. Also, courtesy Mr. Shea, an excellent must-read from Jeff Jacoby. I pray that will tide y'all over till I extricate myself from the mountain of work I'm under, though still unemployed. Real posts coming soon. Really. I mean it, this time.

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For the lack of posts, updates, color change now that Christ is Risen. Very busy, but still blogging. Will update soon. I hope.

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Today is the 22nd birthday of Jeanetta, the bright and spunky host of De Fidei Oboedientia. As a birthday present, I'd ask all of my readers -- all 45 of you, according to my SiteMeter stats -- to surf over to her blog and post a comment wishing her a happy birthday. It doesn't matter that she doesn't know you as a flesh-and-blood human being. In St. Blog's Parish, we're ALL disembodied thoughts

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Offline friends who've entered the Blogosphere recently: 1) Goof Troop Ag, with The Doppler Effect. 2) The Citizen Bob, with Weirdsville, USA. 3) Kiki, with Wasted Words. 4) Cob, with This Is Not Me (Blog of the Infamous Cob). With The Citizen Bob, Kiki, and Cob, the Jelly-Pinched Wolf is proud to announce that ALL of the Rockstupid Denizens now have entered the blogosphere. Let their slacking

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Apropos of the discussions over at the Jelly-Pinched Wolf's place, and posts by Kashi of Synonyms & Sugar and my wife the StitchWitch of Musings on Muses, I decided to provide some links that may help reveal our mind in regards to all this posting about artists, art, philosophy, and so forth. As such, I provide a link to the ActOne program, run by Barbara Nicolosi, who's blog Church of the

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Update on Cardinal Mahony's latest shenanigans. Absolutely disgusting. Is there nothing that can be done? Can some of you ordained bloggers pass this to friends in the Curia? Is there no way to bring episcopal pressure on this revolting embarassment? Do all the bishops suffer this severe of a cranial-rectal impaction? Can none of them see where this will lead? Do they even care? Mayhap the Old

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the Senate does the right thing. Also, check out the great, if disconcerting, image at The Anchor Hold. Oremus: V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae; R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto. Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. V. Ecce

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I accepted the Old Oligarch's challenge. 34 out of 40, or 85%. And what's really scary is it was all done between 16 and 22. I'm a bit out of practice, and it is unlikely that I'll get the last 6 points before I die, but one never knows. There is still my mid-life crisis looming in 15-20 years. The test can be found here. O.O., we need to get together for a drink. Maybe next time I'm in your

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Added Catholic Ragemonkey to the Blogroll. I read their archives during a bout of insomnia this morning. It didn't cure the insomnia. These guys are great. And if they're not careful, someone's going to stick a mitre on one of their heads. Go give them a look-see, and lend some encouragement to a great pair of Christ's priests operating in the wilds of Oklahoma. Also, courtesy the Ragemonkey

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To the Curt Jester, the Jelly-Pinched Wolf, Cacciaguida, the Old Oligarch, and any other bloggers who've mentioned my ungrateful blog in the last couple of weeks. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. If you like what you read, tell others. If you hate what you read, tell them this place is so wretched, they need to see it for themselves. UPDATE: Apparently, I missed a blug by my dear friend

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You're incredibly Jewish! How Jewish are You? brought to you by Quizilla (link courtesy Cacciaguida)

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Must read article for a look at the current Achp. of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams. The quotes speak for themselves about the state of the Church of England. And the editorialist's views on the subject are worth the read. (link courtesy Fr. Jim Tucker's Dappled Things) In other CofE news (courtesy HMS Blog's Woodene Koenig-Bricker): 'Sex-change' vicar quits parish For those curious if there

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dead people. Well, actually not. I just see a few posts in the near future. At least one on democracy, morality, and the Scottish Enlightenment. Probably one on legitimist monarchism, philosophical monarchism, and other things monarchical. Eventually one on the Old Testament rule by judges versus the modern phenomenon of judicial tyranny. And one on liturgy, liturgists, and safe harbors for

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My wife, the StitchWitch, is feeling neglected, since no one comments on her blog. Hopefully, her latest food for thought should invite some response. If you have a minute, surf over, link is here or at the right, read, and comment. Also, despite a wonderful visitation from Fr. Tharp of Catholic Ragemonkey, my comments boxes seem largely unused. Perhaps this is due to a lack of traffic. Perhaps

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This post, in NRO's The Corner is great news.

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While I prefer the Latin, these are great links for basic prayers EVERY Catholic should know in English (the prayers and the links). EWTN's Compilation Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Picayune, Mississippi

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An excellent blog by Fr. David Hudgins. The topic of his post: From Chaos to Civilization. It reminds me of Peter Kreeft's The Apple Argument.

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News broke in St. Blog's last week about the long-awaited disciplinary document on the liturgy that Pope John Paul II promised us in his encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia. In the past few months, for those that don't stay on top of Curial gossip, and aren't in the trenches of the Liturgical Wars, no less an authority than Francis Cardinal Arinze was quoted as saying, “The era of the

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So, the wife and I had heard that The Order, starring Heath Ledger, was terrible. Boring, ponderous, and incoherent were the kindest words we'd heard said about it. Following the train-wreck theory of film rentals, i.e. How bad could it possibly be?, we rented it the other night. Wow. It's bad. Really bad. Wretched, boring, and malodorous. It could be called The Odor, it stunk so badly. Capsule

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So, I'm lazy and decided to let Blogrolling handle my links. Someday, when I'm not looking for a job and writing a novel, I'll actually code the links properly, sort them by general interest heading, etc. For now, explore anything that interests you. Not all are Catholic, and I don't read all of them every day. A few even have some rough language and other potentially objectionable material.

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You Are When The Levee Breaks You are a dominating person. People don't stand in your way. Everybody basically does what you say. And if they don't, they better start, or you just might have one of your henchmen kill them. Just like "When the Levee Breaks" dominates Led Zeppelin IV, you dominate your world. You don't have time for nonsense (it's surprising you even took this quiz)

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A bit late, but penitential colors for the penitential season seem appropriate. Feedback would be appreciated. Other new additions: BlogRoll is up, and will be added to in the next few days. SiteMeter and Comments by SquawkBox, as well. Thanks to De Fidei Oboedientia for color inspiration, and the inspiration of my next post, a reflection on the new, long awaited, disciplinary document

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Congratulations, you're a Principality, a princely(no pun intended) appearing humanoid who isperhaps as Machiavellian as it's possible foran angel to be. You are a spirit ofpersonality, and are charged with themanagement of all the races and kingdoms ofman. Those whom are worthy you elevate topositions where they can do the greatest good.You also oversee the actions of the lowerangels, the

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The prompt for the following was The Maven's musings on evangelization, and her general difficulties with it. Essentially, she asked "How do we get people to ask that [why do you believe in Christ, etc.] question?" I wrote: I think we're supposed to be so filled with joy, that people want to know what causes it. I had a friend in law school who noted that I was the "happiest, most-knowledgable

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Flambeaux is French of "torches". I chose this as a handle for a variety of reasons. First, Lucifer ("light-bearer") has been corrupted, and I'm not hanging with Moloch these days. I needed a handle that conveyed the bearing of light -- and the English "torch-bearer" just doesn't sound cool. Second, we are all called by Baptism to bear the Light of Christ in to the world. I hope this blog

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Well, now that I've been "outted" by Cacciaquida (thank you), it looks like content is something of a necessity, lest those who click through his link to me end in boredom. So, I'll give you an explanation of the name. But first some disclaimers. Disclaimer 1: I blog anonymously for the same reasons many bloggers do. Some of you know me from years of email or comment box correspondence under my

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So I've finally bitten the bullet and started my own blog. Thanks go out to my lovely wife, the StitchWitch, who walked me through the painless creation process, and to my blogging heroes: The Old Oligarch and Cacciaguida. Not incidental thanks is due to JB the Kairos Guy, who several years ago urged me to start my own blog. Well, now it's done. Need to come up with content...

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