Category: Art, Literature and Entertainment

Magic and things that might as well be magic, like the abilities of the X-MEN like genetic anomalies in the television series Heroes, are everywhere these days. It has been building for a while, but whether you consider the current…

Today is the Sunday in which the Church celebrates the angel appearing to Mary and telling her she was to bear God’s Son. It is called the Feast of the Annunciation. One of my favorite paintings is of this event,…

As was mentioned in an earlier post last week was focused on training. The original plan was to continue blogging normally even though training usually takes a lot out of me (externally focusing on every nuance of five people for…

A friend and I saw Stephen Spielberg’s movie this afternoon. Please think twice before you take any children to this movie. While I enjoyed it immensely, one reviewer was right when he said this movie would be for some people…

I was reading a Mark Steyn article today and he reminded me of a wonderful line in Batman Begins. It is spoken by Bruce Wayne’s longtime girl friend (as distinct from girlfriend). Rachel Dawes sees Bruce leaving a particularly degenerate…

Years ago I designed a series of greeting cards around two characters: Friar Tuck and Sister Serendipity. The original drawings, done by a friend who is now a priest in the CEC, are now stored away and I have forgotten…

In my previous post, Archetypical Heroes, I discussed seeing Batman Begins last night with my wife. As a result, my dreams were rich with Batman imagery and upon reflection I thought of a few additional things to say. There is…

My wife and went to see Batman Begins tonight. We enjoyed the movie immensely. You may want to know that at the end of the movie most of the people in the theater stood up and clapped and some cheered….

There is a new word in the lexicon and it is blogstorm. n. When a large amount of activity, information and opinion erupts around a particular subject or controversy in the blogosphere, it is commonly called a blogstorm or blog…

Jollyblogger posted two quizes to find out which character you are. I came up Locke both times. I can live with that. First Quiz You are Locke You are the Ambassador of the island. You can be a wierdo at…