The Crescat
… Shiny! Could Netflix bring back Firefly? Discuss. Now, a picture of Nathan Fillion and Adam Baldwin. Read more
… Shiny! Could Netflix bring back Firefly? Discuss. Now, a picture of Nathan Fillion and Adam Baldwin. Read more
… I’m such a good mom. Or a very bad procrastinator. I was up till 2am this morning preparing today’s project for my son’s class. I hand drew and individually cut out 100 construction paper candles, 100 flames, 350 leaves in four different shades of green, and made 25 crowns to decorate. I printed out a color image of St. Lucy, from the link above, on high quality photo paper and put it in a plastic protective sleeve, typed out... Read more
Seen at Return To Rome. and this political cartoon… Read more
… I say ‘genuine’ since not all music labeled Christmas Music and played this time of year has necessarily anything to do with Christmas. Interestingly too, most typical Christmas Music is played during the season of Advent and immediately stops the day after Christmas, when the rest of us are just beginning the Christmas season. So really it’s more Winter Music about snow and presents and flying reindeer. Oh, I’m not one of those people; the anti-Santa crowd who demand... Read more
… It’s becoming imperative that I hurry up and finish Disc 1 of Rosetta Stone so I can expand my vocabulary beyond rice and apples. Here is a snippet from a very real conversation I just had. Me: Blah blah for calling my blah blah company. How can I blah blah help you? Señorita: Bueno? You speak-a Spanish? Me: No. Well, si. Un poco. Señorita: Beuno! ¿Cuál es esta casa? Pasé por la casa y vi y es una hermosa... Read more
… for your favorite bibliophile, artist Jane Mount sells original works of art titled “Ideal Bookshelf“. You can commission a custom 8 x 8 print of your favorite titles at her etsy shop. I saw this article at Garden & Gun, which a subscription to would make an awesome present as well. Also, here is a video trailer for Lane Smith’s It’s A Book book. Yay for books. Read more
… geekery edition. Nod to Sean McGaughey. Read more
… Don’t you love how mainstream media exhibits the highest journalistic integrity and gets their facts straight, presenting all the pertinent information to the public? What wait? Interestingly, WaPo, BBC, and CNN all failed to mention one bit of crucial information, that Nordine Amrani is a Moroccan born Muslim. The only thing all the news sources seem to go through great pains to point out is that this was not a terrorist incident. Contrast this with the media coverage of... Read more
… I’m wondering how gruesome I should get with the class project at my son’s public school. This week they are learning how different cultures celebrate Christmas. Surprisingly, they’ve also included St. Nicholas Day and Las Posadas. I was volunteered to organize the St. Lucy’s Day craft. Here is what they recommend… a little bland for my taste. I’m thinking cakes that look like eyeballs, lots of candles and fire, and a nice heart warming story about martyrdom and preserving... Read more
… The tonsure; the first punk rock haircut symbolizing the renunciation of the world. To learn more about the tonsure, read here. Photo source: NLM, I strongly suggest you follow the link for more exquisite photos. Read more
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