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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
Wherein Fr. Z is proud of you readers who helped this monastic vocation.
“Why do I do this?”, I sometimes ask myself. “Does this make any difference at all?” Then an answer arrives out of the blue. In 2015 I asked for your financial help for a young man who aspired to join … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Reader Feedback, SESSIUNCULA, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Benedictine Monks, Labouré Society, Norcia
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Spiffing NEW OLD Book! A Limerickal Commentary on the Second Vatican Council
I received from the fascinating little Arouca Press, founded on the anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun, a truly amazing little tome. It’s greatly appreciated, though I have a serious complaint about it. More on that, below. A Limerickal … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, REVIEWS
Tagged Hugh Somerville Knapman, limerick, Second Vatican Council, Vatican II
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CQ CQ CQ: #HamRadio – International Space Station UPGRADED
Although I am a NASA certified Space Shuttle Door Gunner and a certified expert on the Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser, I have not yet had a contact with the International Space Station. Contact, that is, via radio. I received a Just … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio, Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged CQ, Ham radio, ISS, NASA, spacex
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Battles that saved Western Civilization
According to one reckoning, today, 12 September, could be the anniversary of the Battle of Marathon (490 BC). They are probably wrong, but… who cares? Marathon is, of course, a Greek word (Mάραθον or modern Greek Μαραθώνας and ancient Μαραθών, … Read More
75th Anniversary of the end of WWII
Today, 75 years ago… 2 September 1945 – representatives of the Empire of Japan formally signed instruments of surrender on the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. WWII ended formally. 2194 days after Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939 … Read More
FOLLOW UP: Traditional Confirmation in @MadisonDiocese
It occurs to me that I did not post a follow up to our wonderful Rite of Confirmation that we had here in the Diocese of Madison thanks to the gracious generosity of Most Reverend Donald, by the grace of … Read More
Facing down the worst of our storms and threats with prayer
Hurricane Laura was terribly destructive. It was, after all, a hurricane. However, it wasn’t as destructive as anticipated. That might be small relief to those who have directly suffered from it, but at least there are fewer of those who directly … Read More
VIDEO: Police critic has a try at police use of force scenarios
This was terrific. It’s a video from 2015. Tip of the biretta o{]:¬) to @VickiMcKenna I’ve had the opportunity to do some of this simulation training. Things happen really fast. I got killed a few times.
Posted in Just Too Cool, Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Law Enforcement
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“The Lost Tools Of Learning” and Defunding Public Schools
The chaos and violence in our summer streets this year are the vile fruits of an increasingly leftist, ideological, politicized public education system. The idiots in the streets, embracing fantasies about Marxism imbibed in school room, are doing precisely what … Read More
Sun Daggars!
This is super cool. I’ve always been interested in how people track time, during the day and across the seasons. I’ve posted about the sundial of Augustus in Rome and the obelisk of St. Peter’s, the sunclocks of St. Sulpice … Read More
WVC on Daily Rome Shot 1647: New sermons by Augustine!: “@PatriotPoohBear – to be fair, the additional stipulation was made “You will not consecrate any new bishops and will not…”
