I always suspected this. Isis tricked victims into appearing calm with beheading rehearsals. Islamic State videos featuring ‘Jihadi John’ Mohammed Emwazi were preceded by mock run of killing videos in which they were unharmed
This past weekend I went on a Retreat of more than one day, for the first time in 22 years. It started Thursday night and went to Sunday afternoon and was organized and coordinated by men in my parish, working with other men from surrounding parishes and a strong group from Connecticut. The “team” was … Read more
He's a big dude. Yankees prospect Aaron Judge has a huge future in pinstripes Crack! You can’t help but take notice of the sound. Ball meeting bat creates a loud noise that makes you wonder if you’ve mistakenly wandered onto a shooting range. Judge — a 6-7, 275-pound specimen that looks like he should be … Read more
The NY Daily news had a nice review and story on the Cardinal, who died quite suddenly. Cardinal Egan, former archbishop of New York City, dies at 82 And the Wall Street Journal. Cardinal Egan died of cardiac arrest at his Manhattan residence The Cardinal retired seven years ago, but was busy throughout that time. … Read more
Stumbled across this. The channel has over 1.6 million subscribers. Years ago (many years!) I read The Silmarillion which he mentions at the beginning. Unfortunately it is a very dry read, since it was unfinished by Tokien and edited by his son. Not as charming or interesting as Tolkien’s other works.
His second Inaugural Address – here's an excellent – 15 paragraphs – short essay from The Public Discourse: Lincoln’s second inaugural address, 150 years old today, is as pertinent as ever. It reminds us that we must resist the poisonous temptation to see those with whom we disagree as bitter enemies even as we vigorously … Read more
Not really funny at all. From the Guardian (UK). Waste from the 700 climbers and guides a year who attempt to scale the mountain is becoming a health hazard Climbers spend weeks acclimatising around the four camps set up between the base camp at 5,300m (17,380ft) and the 8,850m-high (29,035ft) summit. The camps have tents … Read more
last week in The Daily Beast. I read it, all 62 paragraphs (took maybe ten minutes). He's now a seminarian in the Episcopal Church. Here's the whole thing for anyone interested. Confessions of a Gay Jesuit: How I Was Forced To Leave My Church—And Calling
Wow. What an amazing save by the instructor. The video has been seen 4 million times since posted yesterday. Here’s the full video at this link – it’s two minutes long. http://youtu.be/55QUQHm2B5A Or just watch this report, which has it all, plus the landing.
A nice under ten minute talk. I read quite a few of Merton’s books in my 20’s – like this one, No Man is an Island , and this one, Zen and the Birds of Appetite – although not his autobiographical Seven Story Mountain. I probably should re-read a couple, just to see how well the books … Read more