In an extraordinary bid to lure traditionalist Anglicans en masse, the Vatican said Tuesday that it would make it easier for Anglicans uncomfortable with their church’s acceptance of female priests and openly gay bishops to join the Roman Catholic Church while retaining many of their traditions.–The New York Times
Congratulations on deciding to make the switch! [...]
Archive for October, 2009
So You’re Thinking of Converting From Anglican To Catholic
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Where the Wild Things Came From
Posted in Popular culture, tagged Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are on October 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The recently-released movie adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things are has been quite a hit. One happy result of the success of the movie is that many people are returning to the original book. A surprisingly cogent essay on Sendak was written in 1980 by Hilton Kramer, before his descent into terminal crankiness. Kramer reviewed [...]
Super Poems
Posted in Arts and Aesthetics, History, Literature, Media, Popular culture on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a plot line inspired by Robert Frost’s poem Road Not Taken, fictional character Archie Andrews has already proposed to Veronica and will propose to Betty next month. I wonder what it would be like if other comics were inspired by poems…(imagine dreamy music and blurry vision.)
On His Blindness—John Milton
Spiderman is blind, worries about his [...]
The Ultimate in Self-Hatred
Posted in Foreign affairs, tagged Jewish self-hatred, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Woody Allen on October 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
According to the Daily Telegraph — alas, not a reliable source on this or any other matter — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is really Jewish. I’ll just quickly note that this opens up the way for a whole new round of jokes about Jewish self-hatred. My favorite in the category is Woody Allen’s emphatic denial of the [...]
