EGYPTIAN PROTESTS… Alaa blogging from prison (“by hand,” as General Anna’s statue says)… much more, here. Read more

Just one more drink and then IShould be on my way home;I’m not entirely sureWhat you’re talking about.I’ve had a really nice timeBut my blogs need to be watched.I must say that in the right lightYou look like Shackleton… Done With Mirrors: Which of these similar words actually spring from common roots? I only missed one (hero/heroin)! I am SMRT! …Very fun link, via Dappled Things. Relapsed Catholic: Up, up, and oy vey!–or, update on that Jews-in-comics book, which is... Read more

THIS TAKES THE CAKE AND LEAVES IT OUT IN THE RAIN. Argh! I still don’t like Operation Infinite Joy! I still think its flaws overwhelm its good points! So why can’t I stop playing the dratted thing??? Read more

FREE ALAA BLOG. And: “We are also suggesting you to contact David Welch, Assistant Secertary and head of the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. His email is: [email protected]”. (Links via Anglican.tk and Instapundit.) Read more

ALAS, SHE HAS MY HEART BEGUILED: So I’ve lately been reading a truly exceptional X-Men fanfiction novel. It’s a sequel to The Aphanes, which is basically, if you want a lame description, X-Men action plus recovery from severe depression. It starts in the eerie territory staked out by Caryl Churchill’s play The Skriker and Conrad Aiken’s “Silent Snow, Secret Snow”; it swerves into Canadian politics, funeral games, and the purpose of art. This piece, The Heart’s Landscape (named after a... Read more

YOU’RE A BUM, YOU’RE A PUNK/YOU’RE AN OLD SLUT ON JUNK: A few really scattered thoughts about Ramesh’s book (see below) and my life. The thing Ramesh pushes, more than anything else, is that you don’t need to do anything to earn human rights. You don’t have to be smart or good or kind. This strikes me as one of the core Christian messages. God sees you. God knows you. Dude–God has your purity test results! And God loves you... Read more

YOU’RE NOBODY ‘TIL SOMEBODY LOVES YOU: Review of Ramesh Ponnuru’s Party of Death. Really scattershot… sorry. 1. It really is an excellent resource. I don’t know of any better source on the current state of American politics surrounding abortion, embryo-destructive research, and euthanasia. I’m pretty clued-in on these things, I think, and I still learned a lot from several chapters, most notably the last half of “Is Abortion Good for You?” (on maternal deaths before and after Roe), “The Corruption... Read more

Destroyed, my people are destroyedfor lack of blogwatch… (yeah, no.) So yesterday I got to meet Mark Shea, Disputations [edited: except not. Why am I so thoroughly incapable of remembering names??? Mark Shea has a real personnel list here], and “Pavel Chichikov” of Catholic poetry fame–as well as several wonderful but blogless individuals! It was quite awesome. MarriageDebate is hosting a debate on the effects of same-sex marriage on religious freedom. Lots of really interesting stuff–Maggie Gallagher, Anthony Picarello of... Read more

POETRY TUESDAY. Read more

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT: Comics and music reviews. Really review-y rather than criticism-y, because I’m not sure how much I have to say about any of this stuff. Comics. Daredevil: The Murdock Papers. The end of Bendis and Maleev’s awesome run on Daredevil. You can get my thoughts on the second-to-last book here. This last book struck me as very slow (and with not nearly enough Det. Del Toro) until the end, when it suddenly sped up and became excellent. The ending... Read more