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Blind Faith : Blind Folly
10 mai 2013

10 - 15 - 25 ?

The brief obituary would end simply with "Frank was 86". Or perhaps, "Frank was 91 when he passed away". Or, most unlikely, "Frank's full life ended at the remarkable age of 101". I'm not even certain I have ten years left, let alone twenty-five. But...
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9 mai 2013

"GOOD GRIEF !"

"The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away." Somehow Job sounds better in the King James version than in any of our Catholic translations. That old suffix seems to add dignity, authority, to what in any translation is a totally absurd idea. But when you...
9 mai 2013

GODLESS COMMUNISM OR GOD-LOVING TERRORISTS ?

The distinction is one of Christopher Hitchens' most telling slaps in the face not only of religious patriots in the U.S., but also of non-atheists everywhere. Whether or not God is dead - it is difficult to die if you never existed - "Godless Communism"...
9 mai 2013

"IF YOU WANT TO LEARN TO PRAY, GO TO SEA !"

As a kid, I loved Wind in the Willows, and especially the chapter "Messing About in Boats". I like crossing the Harbour in a ferry from Circular Quay to Manly, "seven miles from Sydney and a thousand miles from care", and even enjoying the few minutes...
8 mai 2013

CFBDSIR J21497

It's about the size of Jupiter, so it deserved, like the planets familiar to us, an equally divine name. But no. Being scientists, its baptizers preferred a jumble of letters or figures ("numbers", if you are American). This recently discovered enormous...
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8 mai 2013

HEAVENS ABOVE !

Everything I read about the Universe never fails to amaze me. At nearly four-score and in the Autumn of my years, not only am I still learning about the extraordinary phenomena going on over our heads (in both senses of the phrase), but I react with the...
4 mai 2013

GUETTA NOT GARCIA

Error humanum est. Mr Brain Wash is a pseudonym of Thierry GUETTA, not the other guy, a talented imitator to whom I apologize as I do to the inimitable Mr B.W. I always wanted to be Pope Frank the First, but apparently I was not infallible enough.
4 mai 2013

ARS GRATIA ARTIS ?

I recently came across a movie, "Exit through the Gift Shop", concerning what is known as Street Art, which, like most people, I had dismissed as "graffiti". I have found it deserves its different name. Whatever you think of contemporary "art" and this...
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