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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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Category Archives: My View
Some fruits of the Big Apple
Some of the high points of New York City so far. Three new Met button colors of the sixteen possible! I couldn’t get out to the Bronx Zoo, so I went down to Zuccotti Park instead. Just nice! Central Park. … Read More
Of buns and of bagels and of birds with a prize!
???? … not as good as those I often have in St. Paul, but pretty good! Meanwhile, I had my necessary bagel. Onion, this time. These minor delights leave me as happy as a bird with its own french fry. … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, On the road, SESSIUNCULA, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged bagels, xiao long bao
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If you are what you eat…
… I’m crabby in Chinatown!
The Feeder Feed: Christological Finch Edition
The Met in New York has a new acquisition. It is a splendid painting by Perino del Vaga, a student of Raphael, who was very active in Rome and Genoa. The painting was recently cleaned. Here is His little Goldfinch. … Read More
Fortune Alert!
Is this actually a fortune? Please choose your best answer, and give your reason in the combox.
Attention Bakers! Cool Catholic Custom Alert! Souling Cakes for All Souls
“Soul soul for a souling cake I pray you, missis, for a souling cake Apple or pear, plum or cherry Anything to make us merry …” Here is a cool custom to boost your Catholic Identity Quotient for this super … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z's Kitchen, Just Too Cool, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged All Souls, Catholic customs, soul food, Souling Cakes
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New wish list item
I couldn’t find a way to put this on my wish list, so I am putting it here.
Platitude Cookie Alert
Ugh. Isn’t there a Latin proverb that covers this?
I dunno. You decide. Sensible or snobbery.
On the site of ZAGAT (I am looking for some reviews) I saw this. I was a little annoyed by it. Sure, some of the things on this list are clearly super cheap for ingredients and preparation but vastly over … Read More
What one does on flights.
I am reading this 2010 book sent by a reader here about Constantine by Paul Stephenson at the suggestion of His Hermeneuticalness the great P.P. of Blackfen and Dean of Bexley.
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