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Subverting Dogberry -- fairly geeky
So, I don't really need to be the ten thousandth semi-lapsed LJ user to post this comic ( Read more... ) -
Pete Seeger has died
I cannot believe this. I mean, I knew that he was old, but he has been such a permanent fixture of my life ( Read more... ) -
Fourth Sunday in Advent: Lesson and Carol
It's entirely your fault, Amaryllis, that I find myself resorting to T S Eliot for this lesson:
The Journey Of The Magi
'A cold coming we had of it ( Read more... ) -
Third Sunday in Advent: Lesson and Carol
It's Gaudy Sunday (from the first word of the Introit for the day: "Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico, gaudete" -- "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice"), so therefore I'd post something oddly joyful.
But setting aside one’s tiny tendency toward cynicism, in the meantime - in Advent - we wait; and hope appears if we truly desire ( Read more... ) -
Second Sunday in Advent: Lesson and Carol
"I have always been thinking of the ways in which Christianity is taught, and whenever I find one way that makes it a wider blessing than any ( Read more... ) -
First Sunday in Advent: Lesson and Carol
From the first chapter of the Gospel according to Mark:
"The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,
‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way;
the voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
“Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight” ’,
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Duelling Limericks
Okay, I just said I wasn't posting much here, but this was way too amusing (to me, at least) and definitely won't fit under 140 characters ( Read more... ) -
I ATEN'T DEAD -- Just Elsewhere
I'm fairly certain that there hasn't been even the smallest segment of Teh Internets scratching their heads and wondering "what's up with hapax?", but in case I'm wrong, I've been doing most of my "social media"* activity on Twitter of late. If you are loathe to miss any of my immortal bon tweets, you can follow me @hapaxnym ( Read more... ) -
Not Rocket Science
So, this happened today:
House Republicans narrowly pushed through a bill on Thursday that slashes billions of dollars from the food stamp program...
The bill, written under the direction of the House majority leader, Eric Cantor, Republican of Virginia, would cut $40 billion from the food stamp program over the next 10 years. It would also ( Read more... ) -
A Litany for Peace
We have prayed for peace,
Unknowing of what we truly ask.
Peace cannot come into the house
Where love is unwelcome.
Peace cannot come into the land
Where injustice and oppression live.
Peace cannot enter or be fostered
In souls that still engage in dispute.
Peace does not come meekly and unarmed.
Peace needs the pathway of our ( Read more... )