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"A [preacher] who does not love art, poetry, music and nature can be dangerous. Blindness and deafness toward the beautiful are not incidental; they are necessarily reflected in his [preaching]." — BXVI

16 October 2010

Movie stars at the Angelicum

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Yesterday after lunch, I went to the front of the university and watched Robert DeNiro and Monica Bellucci film a scene from an upcoming Ita...
15 October 2010

Coffee Bowl Browsing

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ObamaCare closing down Catholic hospitals .  Can't say we didn't predict this.  Maybe this new book will become a best-seller by 20...
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The Smallest Dignity

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Saint Teresa of Jesus Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma Glory, grace, splendor, worth, nobility—all synonyms for “digni...
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14 October 2010

More server problems

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The new university server decided yesterday that I cannot access my Yahoo email account. So, if you've left a comment recently, it won...

Coffee Bowl Browsing (in breve)

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Annnnnd. . .we're back!  The university server came on-line late Tuesday night.  Last night a thunderstorm knocked it out.  And now. . ....
13 October 2010

Making the rules unnecessary

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28th Week OT (Wed) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma Our Lord is unrelenting in his condemnation of hypocrisy, particul...
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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