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GARGOYLES

by David February 11, 2013

THE PLOT
“Incorporating themes from horror films of both the ’50s and the ’70s, this suspenseful TV movie stars Cornel Wilde and Jennifer Salt as an archaeologist and his daughter, who discover a strange skull on display at a roadside…

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CUTAWAYS: LEGEND

by David February 3, 2013

Oh sure, there’s plenty of things wrong with Ridley Scott’s epic fairy tale Legend, just ask every single person on the Internet and they’ll be happy to launch into a diatribe about shallow characters and inappropriate use of modern vernacular.…

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SHEENAZING!!!

by David January 29, 2013

Apparently when Tor and his pal first heard the word SHEENAZING, they thought if they yelled it loud enough they’d turn into Captain Marvel. But as it turns out, Sheenazing is the name of the blogger awards being handed out…

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My New Icon Corner

by David Clayton January 19, 2013

I have recently created an icon corner in my home as a focus for our family prayer. I try to sing the Liturgy of the Hours every day. We didn’t have a lot of room and the place I live…

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Where Have All the *!*?ing Psalms Gone?

by David Clayton January 15, 2013

The cursing psalms are not in the modern divine office  - how does this omission affect the psychology of  those in the Church? I was recently given a copy of the St Dunstan’s Psalter. It contains a 16th century arrangement…

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THE TWELVE CLIPS OF CHRISTMAS: DAY 11:

by David January 5, 2013

Well, Christmastime is almost over. We’ll have to wait another year for all the decorations and candy canes and radio stations incessantly playing secular Christmas carols. For some reason though, despite the fact that it never once mentions the baby…

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THE TWELVE CLIPS OF CHRISTMAS: DAY 10: WARLOCK

by David January 4, 2013

In an article entitled The Nightmare After Christmas, Jason Dietz of Metacritic speculates on why movies released in January are generally so awful. He speculations include such notions as people are still trying to catch up on the blockbuster Christmas…

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THE TWELVE CLIPS OF CHRISTMAS: DAY 8: OEDIPUS WRECKS

by David January 2, 2013

In the mind of Woody Allen, nothing could possibly be worse than a Jewish mother looking down on us from on high…

Of course, we Catholics know better, don’t we? We don’t just appreciate having a Jewish mother looking over…

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The Liturgy and the Trinity and the Heart of Man

by David Clayton December 28, 2012

St Irenaeus and St Augustine on ‘seeing’ God Here are two short excerpts taken from the Office of Readings. The first, from St Ireneaus, is from Advent and the second, from St Augustine, is from the Octave of Christmas. Both,…

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THE B-LIST: 6 WAYS TO END THE WORLD

by David December 6, 2012

In case you’ve somehow missed all the hype over the past few years, December 21, 2012 marks the last day of the 13th b’ak’tun according to the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. And since the Mayans believed the previous world ended…

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