Tag Archives: Charles Dickens

The Ides of March. Wherein Fr. Z rambles aimlessly and eventually comes full-circle.

Today has been known as the Ides of March for a very long time.
In the Roman way of keeping time with a calendar, days of the month were reckoned from fixed points… which weren’t completely fixed. Every Roman month had … Continue reading

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Happy 200th Birthday Charles Dickens!

In happier news, today is the 200th Birthday of Charles Dickens.

Let’s have a poll!
And please give your reasons in the combox!

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Wherein the reader is directed to click a link and be edified.

A reader forwarded me something which was forwarded to him which was reposted by NLM which was from the St. Louis Dispatch, about a church renovation Memphis… Tennessee, not Egypt.
Apart from obvious merits of my sender, or the esteemed talents … Continue reading

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