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April 2015

April 21, 2015

Learning Something New: Establishing a Bridgehead

Over the last couple of days I’ve been looking through some of the books (and...

April 20, 2015

Today’s Aquinas: Nobler Beings? Who says?

Last week a reader took issue with Thomas’ use of the term “nobler beings” as...

April 17, 2015

They’ve Seen Him Out Dressed In My Clothes

Johnny Cash sings the best song about Original Sin I've ever heard: "The Beast in...

April 16, 2015

First Look: Amazon Echo, or Alexa Tells You All About It

So in a fit of madness I pre-ordered an Amazon Echo when they were announced...

April 15, 2015

Living on a Prayer Trigger

St. Paul tells us to pray without ceasing. Just what that means is not entirely...

April 14, 2015

Ngaio Marsh: Vintage Murder

Ngaio Marsh’s first novel, A Man Lay Dead, is a competent, entertaining mystery, and already...

April 13, 2015

Today’s Aquinas: With God, Knowing is Doing

We’re blogging through St. Thomas Aquinas’ Compendium Theologiae, sometimes called his Shorter Summa. Find the previous posts here....

April 10, 2015

Chris Barber: The Ballad of the Liver Bird?

The "Liver Bird"? Really? What on earth is that? What it is, is a song...

April 09, 2015

Ngaio Marsh: Bad Makeup on a Bad Face

She painted her face, but with such inattention to detail that Roberta was reminded of...

April 08, 2015

How I Work

Tom McDonald tagged me a few weeks ago to do a post on "How I...

April 07, 2015

Ngaio Marsh: A Man Lay Dead

Ngaio Marsh (pronounced "NYE-oh") is one of my favorite mystery authors; and she’s striking because...

April 06, 2015

Today’s Aquinas: Does God Love What Is Good?

We’re blogging through St. Thomas Aquinas’ Compendium Theologiae, sometimes called his Shorter Summa. Find the previous posts here....

April 02, 2015

A Cloak and a Sombrero like G.K.C.

‘He’s a dear little man,’ said Lady Alleyn emphatically. ‘The nicest possible little man.’ ‘Not...

April 01, 2015

A Rant About The Person Who Wrote Matthew’s Gospel

So I'm listening to a sermon, or reading a blog post, or reading a book,...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

A Tour of Tim Powers: On Stranger Tides

After the disappointment of Dinner at Deviant’s Palace I waited with muted anticipation for Tim...

March 30, 2015

Today’s Aquinas: God Always Understands

We’re blogging through St. Thomas Aquinas’ Compendium Theologiae, sometimes called his Shorter Summa. Find the previous posts here....

March 27, 2015

Duo Gadjo: Sous Le Ciel de Paris

Duo Gadjo is a jazz duet; I've mostly encountered their versions of classic French jazz...

March 26, 2015

Ngaio Marsh on Sophomores

The cub, as Hambledon had called Gordon Palmer, was seventeen years old, dreadfully sophisticated, and...

March 25, 2015

Bunnies Don’t Lay Eggs? Who Knew?

So a relative of mine was at the mall, and heard a father say to...

March 24, 2015

A Tour of Tim Powers: Dinner at Deviant’s Palace

This week we continue our tour of Tim Powers' works with his fifth novel, Dinner...

March 23, 2015

Today’s Aquinas: What Does God Understand?

We’re blogging through St. Thomas Aquinas’ Compendium Theologiae, sometimes called his Shorter Summa. Find the previous posts here....

March 20, 2015

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Your Long Journey

Anyone who's heard Alison Krauss knows she can sing like an angel...but who knew Robert...

March 19, 2015

The Saint’s Girl on Cocktail Parties

The cocktail party ploughed on through a syrupy flood of mixed alcohols, mechanical compliments, second-hand...

March 18, 2015

Prayer and the Big Game: Can You Pray Before You Play?

It's so typical a moment that it's become trite: the athlete steps out for his...

March 17, 2015

The Wonder of Reading Terry Pratchett Aloud

As I'm sure everyone who reads this blog already knows, Sir Terry Pratchett, author of...

March 16, 2015

Today’s Aquinas: Can God Play Chess?

In a comment on last week's Aquinas post, a reader objected to my characterization of...

March 13, 2015

Louis Prima: Pennies from Heaven

I'm not sure that Louis Prima was capable of singing a song without getting goofy...

March 12, 2015

Leslie Charteris on Getting Your Goat

A tinge of old beetroot suffused Mr Teal’s rubicund complexion. To say that his goat...

March 11, 2015

Third Orders Aren’t First Orders

Clare Short recently began formation as a Secular Carmelite, and has been blogging about it....

March 10, 2015

C.S. Lewis: The Space Trilogy

A couple of weeks ago, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry posted about his first encounter with C.S. Lewis’...

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