I’m off for a bit of fun in San Francisco, and probably won’t have any blogging opportunities till I get back on the 31st. So toodle-bye and I’ll see everyone just in time to start the Dormition Fast.

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Finished “HP and the Deathly Hallows”. And this is what I can say safely opine on without giving away anything for those who haven’t read it yet:

Not that my opinion matters in the ocean of opinions out there on this book, but still, I give it great marks. I don’t read a lot of recent […]

The NY Times shows the result of a Pew Research survey. People were asked if they would be less likely, more likely or indifferent to a candidate who was black, Christian, handicapped or anything else they could think of. Here’s how it came out:

So Americans, who are routinely told we are racist, sexist and homophobic […]

Via Yahoo News: File this under People Who Don’t Know They’re Orthodox Yet:
PARIS (AFP) - A Cambodian-born French woman faces prosecution for criminal damage after planting a kiss on a
painting by the American artist Cy Twombly, leaving the imprint of her lipstick on the otherwise immaculate white canvas.

Good thing it wasn’t an icon she kissed […]

Well, I really try to hold fast against any tidal waves of pop culture, but I couldn’t do it — I had to go out today and buy the last Harry Potter book (which Greg irreverently referred to by the title above). I haven’t even opened it yet, because I know that it’ll take way […]

I haven’t had anything to add to this Chicken Little category in a while, but Newseek brought it on themselves by invoking the apocalypse to begin this article titled “After we’re gone: If people were evacuated, the earth would flourish”:
The Second Coming may be the most widely anticipated apocalypse ever, but it’s far from the […]

Summer has gotten hot and dry, and the grass is panting for water just like all the other growing things. Still, even in its current desiccated state, the patterns of grass are kind of interesting, if you look closely. But then, I may just have been influenced by something I read today. It’s a paean […]

The Divine Word doesn’t want us to be slaves of anything; our nature has been changed for the better. He has taken everything that was ours with the agreement that He will give what is His to us in return. Just as He took disease, death, condemnation and sin. He also took our slavery. He […]

Just thought I’d mention that I’ll be off in Antiochian Village till next week at the Sacred Music Institute. Ought to be fun — just like last year — but I’m not sure I’ll get blog opportunities, so I’ll see everyone when I get back. I’ll be the one who really knows how to do […]