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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
Exhibit on the historical inspiration for Capt. Jack Aubrey!
This is for your Just Too Cool folder. BBC reports: Admiral Cochrane artefacts go on display for first time The life of an admiral who inspired the character Jack Aubrey, portrayed in the film Master and Commander, is to form … Read More
Posted in Crackit Gaberlunzie, Just Too Cool, O'Brian Tags, Puir Slow-Witted Gowk
Tagged Catp. Aubrey, Lord Cochrane, Patrick O'Brian
8 Comments
8 Comments
Card. Piacenza to seminarians:”Your will probably be the first generation that will correctly interpret the Second Vatican Council”
On 4 October the Prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, His Eminence Mauro Card. Piacenza (I have liked this guy for a long time) gave a talk to seminarians in Los Angeles. The whole text is on the site of … Read More
Mass with a special amice
This morning I had the privilege of saying Holy Mass wearing an amice of St. John Vianney.
Earliest Christian inscription identified? Maybe?
There is an old adage which everyone, people who participate on blogs included, ought to kind in mind: Scripta manent… Things that are written down endure. In a story posted on Fox News I read about the possible identification of … Read More
“Joy fall to thee, father Francis, / Drawn to the Life that died”
Last night in our poetry reading group we spent the whole time on Gerard Manley Hopkins’, “The Wreck of the Deutschland“, inspired by a shipwreck in storm in which five Franciscan sisters were drowned. They were fleeing the kulturkampf in … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool
Tagged Gerarld Manly Hopkins, St. Francis, Wreck of the Deutschland
17 Comments
17 Comments
Marine Corps Birthday News
Some of you long time readers here and of my columns in The Wanderer might recall that over the years from time to time I have mentioned a wonderful couple, an active duty Marine Corps officer, M, and his wife, … Read More
New Kindles coming
I have been enjoying my Kindle enormously. I have the Kindle 3g which has a keyboard. I was sceptical at first but I have been won over. It is especially useful for books I don’t especially want to keep on … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged 3g, Kindle
8 Comments
8 Comments
LATINUM ITER MONTANUM … WYOMINGENSE
My friend Prof. Nancy Llewellyn of Wyoming Catholic College sent the following: Since you’re a fan of Wyoming and a strenuissimus fautor of Latin, I thought you might be interested to know that the Latin Program here at WCC has … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, The future and our choices
Tagged Wyoming Catholic College
4 Comments
4 Comments
Taking it to the street
Over at Catholic Vote I saw this photo of a Greek Orthodox priest trying to stop a protester from throwing a Molotov cocktail. Impressive. I wonder if I would launch myself in like that. BTW… I might have a chance … Read More
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