I think we’re alone now There doesn’t seem to be anyone around I think we’re alone now The watching of your blog is the only sound… First, you’ll notice that many but not all of my archives have returned! And there was much rejoicing. However, I’m planning to create a separate “Best of EveTushnet.com” page in case the archives continue to be blogspotty. This page will definitely include all the Andrew Sullivan replies; the big post on feminism; the second... Read more

“Have you ever noticed if for some reason you want to feel completely out of step with the world, the only thing to do is sit around a cocktail lounge in the afternoon?” –Lizabeth Scott to Dick Powell, “The Pitfall” Read more

REASONS FOR RITUALS: I’m reading Yukio Mishima’s Death in Midsummer. He’s a terrific observer, a distanced, cool eye that picks out the right detail at cataclysmic moments in the narrative and zooms in on it. In that way he reminds me of Hitchcock. “Death in Midsummer” itself concerns the accidental drowning of two young children and the aunt who was looking after them. It shows the aftermath of the deaths on the children’s parents; and it highlights the way that... Read more

WHAT I TALKED ABOUT WHEN I TALKED ABOUT BLOGS: Last night was fun. Blogging proved to be surprisingly controversial. Best criticism: “So isn’t it unconservative to be yammering away about your personal life in public?” (more on this below.) Best line: Gene Healy, on Berkeley’s proposal for a j-school course on blogging: “Isn’t that like Joycelyn Elders’s thing about teaching kids to masturbate? I mean, it’s not difficult…” Joshua Micah Marshall was levelheaded, pointed out that unlike most bloggers he... Read more

POETRY WEDNESDAY: Oh, why not this, from the Swan of Avon: Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing, And like enough thou know’st thy estimate: The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing; My bonds in thee are all determinate. For how do I hold thee but by thy granting? And for that riches where is my deserving? The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting, And so my patent back again is swerving. Thyself thou gavest,... Read more

You are the blogwatch queen! feel the beat from the tambourine you can dance, you can jive having the time of your life… Disputations: A necessary point to consider when discussing the fact that more traditional religious orders and dioceses attract more vocations. Mike Hardy is back, which is good. Prompted by him, I’ll probably blog a bit about a few leftover snippets of homo-Catholic stuff, but not right now. Charles Murtaugh: Murtaugh, like others in the blogosphere, is unhappy... Read more

“Shoots me with my own gun, that’s what gets me.” –Earl Holliman, “The Big Combo” Yes folks–I’m back. And, as is traditional, I’m on the attack. Read more

GIDDY LONDON, IS IT HOME OF THE FREE OR WHAT?: So The Rat and I are gonna hit the sceptred isle for a week in late July. (“Will it hit back?”) We found a super hotel-and-airfare deal, so off we go. If anyone has suggestions for unusual fun to be had in London/the English countryside, email me; I’d especially like suggestions on good churches in London. (By which I mean, Mass celebrated reverently, not pretty buildings–I figure it shouldn’t be... Read more

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED that my $#@! archives are $#@! missing. I have already tried the interesting but useless suggestion at the PublicMind Blogger site. If people have other fun ideas I will give them a whirl. Argh. (“Move off BlogSpot” does not count as a fun idea, by the way.) [edited to add that work is uber-hectic today, so I don’t think I’ll be able to post anything. Sorry–regular posting will resume as soon as possible–Amy Welborn is blogging... Read more

CAMP, HORROR, NO ESCAPE: So I read this while listening to this and this. My life is a sitcom. Anyway, yeah, grrrr, lame article. I would’ve given ’em a quote that would make their hair curl. Read more