INTERNATIONAL BLOG AGAINST RACISM WEEK: At LiveJournal, and very much a mixed bag, but I really like the variety of posts here–everything from fan pix of nerd icons to personal stories of racism to a quickie exploration of how certain feminist tropes reinforce privilege. Read more

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (MOVIE) IN 15 MINUTES: (uh, warnings for Samuel L. Jackson-esque language and suchlike) The Unbreakable Vow [Narcissa has come to beg an unusually feathered Snape for her son’s life, and indeed, she is so distraught that her hair has gone two-toned. Her sister Bellatrix, however, is somewhat doubtful of Snape’s stick-to-it-iveness.] SNAPE: Begone, Wormtail! Fetch us a meat pie or something. BELLATRIX: You realize that, in promising to cover Draco’s ass, this is a... Read more

We asemble at the door where a beautiful AIRGURL is standing she is absolutely fizzing more lovely even than prudence entwhistle the under matron.–Molesworth Back in the Jug Agane Read more

THIS IS MY AMCON PIECE about Dupont Circle and bobos and rum and… rambling. This link actually works! Read more

Mind you, there are some who think soccer is super. These are the ones who charge, biff, tackle and slam the leather first-time into the net ect. They hav badges and hav a horible foto taken at the end of term with their arms folded and the year chalked upon the pill. This foto cost there parents 7/6 on the skool bill and i hope they think it is worth it. i would not care for grabber’s face on my... Read more

THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US: If you do not want to read vast amounts of bloggery about Gay Catholic Whatnot, you can skip to this post and scroll down for “Kings,” squid, lawyers and language, avant-garde film, a creepy fetus, and the usual flotsam and/or jetsam. If you do want to read vast amounts of bloggery about Gay Catholic Whatnot–my friend, have I got a deal for you! Read more

SONG FOR A FUTURE GENERATION: OK, my thoughts on many different issues raised in response to my “Romoeroticism” piece. “Beauty is an encroachment upon autonomy.” (C. Paglia): It’s been instructive to me that 90% of the comments I’ve received on the piece have been about this idea of vowed same-sex friendship, since, to be perfectly honest, that was a last-minute addition! And perhaps an ill-timed one, see below. I do have a lot to say about vowed friendship. But maybe... Read more

#8 or 9, I’ve lost count: anonyreader: The last in today’s series of replies to my “Romoeroticism” piece. I’ll do a longish post in which I hope to give a better sense of what I’m going for here, but maybe not for another several hours–I may want to sleep on it a bit before the final (for today) roundup. Thanks to everyone who has written in! This email, I note, was entitled, “Is ‘Romoeroticism’ Synonymous with ‘Homo-eroto-schism?'” To which one... Read more

#8: another possibly-anonyreader?: I read this piece (and your blogpost), and the comments with interest but also a good deal of confusion. When I began to read the blogpost, I thought at first that you were recommending “vowed friendship” simply as a way of binding friends together. But as I read further, and read the piece at Inside Catholic, it seemed clearer that you were talking about a substitute for marriage, of a kind that would, I think, appeal mainly... Read more

#7: a… possibly-anonyreader?: Eve, a question. (Well, upon re-reading this is more of a monologue) A lot of your talk about vowed same sex friendship seems to be very similar to my idea of the best friend. (I hate that particular usage, but it is the only phrase in current parlance that even comes close to the concept.) When I say best friend, I am referring to what Cicero talked about when he discussed friendship. If you haven’t read his... Read more