Young people don’t appreciate the satisfaction of having finished a jar of pickles and knowing you have a new grease jar available
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"[O]f all the emotions – and indifference, too, because even indifference is an emotion of a sort – only love sees the unveiled truth." – Gene Wolfe, Return to the Whorl https://prayercards.online
USCCB President Condemns Plans for Livestream of Fort Hood Shooter's Execution as ‘a Barbaric Promotion of a Culture of Death’ Read the full release at: https://ow.ly/8pBo50ZWhiV
Yelling stop at history seems like a pretty dumb thing to do, doesn’t it?
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Announcement: it is another absolutely gorgeous early fall day in the Great Lakes region of the American Midwest. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
This is a ridiculously good deal. My local library is light on Gene Wolfe, and now I have enough Wolfe to last me for the rest of my life for $25. Includes the wonderfully named short story collection The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories
The Rereading Wolfe Podcast | 重读沃尔夫播客@rereadingwolfe.bsky.social · 2w ago
I was having a good day, enjoying myself, and I suddenly remembered I haven’t seen Minions vs. Monsters OR Coyote v. Acme. What am I doing with my life
...and that's why some fantasy really bores me nowadays. Why does everything need so much reasoning? Why can't the heart drive more of the execution? Some creators explain and rationalize so much of their "mysterious" world that they kill it in the process; and the lore becomes an autopsy.
The phrase “botched execution” is absolutely blood-curdling.
He spoke only English; she was only comfortable in her native French. But their connection was immediate and unbreakable because they spoke the universal language: CSV
Rain tomorrow and I have to commute, practicing my trudge
I read the article in Commonweal that Malesic instantly suspected was written by AI and didn't even blink. jonmalesic.substack.com/p/how-i-unco...
How I uncovered a prolific AI author in religious magazines
Can we preserve the connection between personal writing and human experience in the Slop Age?
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Valar Atomics. Latest entry in my list of companies run by people who read Tolkien and apparently didn’t internalize any of his values
High gas prices are the perfect opportunity for Americans to show how important gas really is to them
Here’s what I gather from the meta muse ads: this product will allow me to become very smug and self-satisfied
You should feel free to belch out loud from time to time. You’ve earned it. #wellness #self-care
The number of people talking about a rolling stone article on a beautiful Sunday is too high
Twist ending one of the interview panel was dying of thirst and the only thing that could save him was an iced coffee
The best tv shows of the 21st century are Broadchurch and Detectorists. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Might have unintentionally sort of coppiced a tree in my backyard a couple years ago, and might now have a pretty good reusable source of hiking staves! Will find out in a year or two.
I took an online IQ test (NYT spelling bee game) and it says I’m a genius
I recently read Magnifica Humanitas. My favorite part was something Leo referenced from a previous sermon: the admonition that to disarm the world we have to first disarm our words.