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March 2015

March 09, 2015

Today’s Aquinas: Does God Think The Way We Do?

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

March 06, 2015

Stan Rogers: The Flowers of Bermuda

Just because it was going through my head last night, here's a sprightly upbeat tune...

March 05, 2015

Leslie Charteris on What the Well Dressed Man is Wearing

Golter’s head snapped round as though it had been jerked by an invisible wire. He...

March 04, 2015

Conversion, or Rearranging Your Inner Furniture

Everybody's familiar with what I'll call "Big-C" Conversion, as in, Mr. So-and-so just converted to...

March 03, 2015

A Tour of Tim Powers: The Anubis Gates

This week I continue my tour of Tim Powers with his first big hit, The...

March 02, 2015

Today’s Aquinas: Intelligence is Immaterial

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

February 2015

February 27, 2015

Harry Belafonte: A Hole in the Bucket

I grew up listening to my parent's music, as I suppose many people do; and...

February 26, 2015

Archie Goodwin on Eye Strain

Maria went, back inside, and shut the door. It was just as well, since it’s...

February 25, 2015

Lent, Weight Watchers, and Aristotle

I associate dieting with Lent. Not because I equate fasting with dieting, but because of...

February 24, 2015

Review: Between Silk and Cyanide

I’m taking a break from the Tim Powers tour this week to review a book...

February 23, 2015

Today’s Aquinas: the Good vs. the good

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

February 20, 2015

Of K-Tel Ads and Nat King Cole

I first heard of Nat King Cole when I was a small boy watching cartoons...

February 19, 2015

Leo Marks on Deciphering Mangled Codes

‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions’ caused forty-eight hours of purgatory when...

February 18, 2015

A Little Perspective on Father Serra

Being a California kid, I first became acquainted with Fr. Junipero Serra almost as soon...

February 17, 2015

A Tour of Tim Powers: The Drawing of the Dark

The third book in Tim Power's body of niftiness is distinctly better than his first...

February 16, 2015

Today’s Aquinas: God Cannot Be Defined

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

February 14, 2015

Catholic Pick-Up Lines

From Daily Theology (a site I'd not previously visited) comes this year's list of 20...

February 14, 2015

Howdy, Doofus! Or, an In-Joke is Born

Some years ago, after watching some Harry Potter movie or other, my second son mispronounced...

February 13, 2015

Louis Armstrong, Just Because

I've been hearing a lot of Louis Armstrong songs recently; and I wanted to share...

February 12, 2015

Steven Brust on Being at Peace with Yourself

I remember being accosted on Forbes and Murray in Squirrel Hill by a Buddhist who...

February 11, 2015

The Eagle Has Landed!

To become an Eagle Scout, you need to do a significant service project demonstrating leadership...

February 10, 2015

A Tour of Tim Powers: The Skies Discrowned and Epitaph in Rust

I had a lot of time on my hands recently, being home with the 'flu...

February 09, 2015

Today’s Aquinas: Truth is not Beauty, and Vice Versa

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

February 06, 2015

New Book: Spiritually Able

Spiritually Able, subtitled "A Parent's Guide to Teaching the Faith to Children to Special Needs",...

February 06, 2015

Friday Video: His Cheeseburger!

Because I'm tired and feeling goofy, here's a favorite of mine from back when I...

February 05, 2015

Ten Facts You Won’t Believe

Back in the day, McDonalds' shakes used to contain real wooden shakes. The SuperBowl is...

February 05, 2015

The Mystery of the Mystical Body of Christ

This month's post at CatholicMom, on the fifth Luminous Mystery: the Institution of the Eucharist:...

February 04, 2015

Meme Watch: The Fruit was Good for Food

A FaceBook friend shared this meme on FaceBook a couple of days ago, coupled with...

February 03, 2015

Review: Outwitting History

The delightful Outwitting History is the story of Aaron Lansky's seemingly quixotic but ultimately successful...

February 02, 2015

Today’s Aquinas: Ascending to Heaven’s Door with Peter and PEG

Last week, Pascal-Emanuel Gobry posted a delightful discussion of Thomas Aquinas and his works; and...

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