09 October 2010

from an internet cafe on the via Nazionale. . .

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The Angelicum's server was shut down on Wed. the 6th in order to replace it.  Because this is Italy, this process will take an entire w...
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06 October 2010

Coffee Bowl Browsing

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An omen?  Presidential seal falls off the podium during B.O.'s speech.   Heh. . .even the symbols of his office are running from him. ...
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05 October 2010

Par lay voo fron-say?

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Aight. . .the French exam is done!  I got a paragraph from Merleau-Ponty's essay, "Cezanne's Doubt."  It was slightly le...
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So, here's the deal. . .

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Geez, I have really messed up this time! Yesterday the philosophy dean tells me that the university secretary has been trying to reach me a...
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Coffee Bowl Browsing (is back!)

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Ladies and Gents, I give you the secular wisdom of England's Brights . . .when you don't believe in God it is much, much easier to p...
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03 October 2010

Rome!

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I managed to dodge any terrorists who were lying in wait btw Oxford and Rome! There was a 20something Middle Eastern guy sitting across fr...
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Commies and unions and Marxists, oh my!

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Finished packing and now waiting for Lauds. . .I ran across a lot of blog coverage of the Lefty rally in D.C. yesterday.  Here's a link ...
02 October 2010

On to Rome! (Or maybe not. . .)

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Great, just great. . .woke to find this blaring at me: US to tell US citizens to be vigilant in Europe (AP) So, to pack or not to pack?  ...
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Tea Mug Browsing

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The Senate couldn't pass a budget before it adjourned. . .but it found the time and the votes to pass another Nanny Law . Is the curren...
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01 October 2010

Going back to the playground (Repost)

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A homily for the memorial of the Little Flower reposted from 2007: Little Flower: Isa 66.10-14 and Matthew 18.1-4* Fr. Philip N. Powell, O...
30 September 2010

Tea Mug Browsing

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Burning out the vote in Houston Pelosi predicts that she will still be Speaker five weeks from now .  I predict the sun will rise this morn...
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29 September 2010

On poetry and consolation

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Many thanks for the recent activity on Ye Ole Wish List .  Thank You notes will go out immediately if return addresses are available from th...
28 September 2010

Muslims call for the defense of free speech. . .

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On Sept 28, 2010 the American Muslim posted the following statement on the necessity of free speech rights in a liberal democracy.  Go to th...
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Tea Mug Browsing

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More uselessness from the U.N. . . envoy to extraterrestrials appointed .  Maybe the aliens will do us all a favor and beam the U.N. into th...
26 September 2010

On resenting beggars

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26th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Blackfriars, Oxford I resent beggars.* I avoid them when possible and ignore them when they can...
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