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« Reply #15 on: June 10, 2009, 07:24:PM » |
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I've read Spock's World (I actually own it  ) and Sarek. I'll have to reread Sarek and try to find the other two...thanks for the suggestions.  The Yesterdays books are about Spock's son whom he allegedly fathered with Zarabeth in the frosty cold of All Our Yesterdays. |
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Domini Canis
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« Reply #16 on: June 10, 2009, 07:41:PM » |
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Reading Chesterton's biography of St. Thomas Aquinas.
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"Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all."
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« Reply #17 on: June 10, 2009, 07:53:PM » |
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I've read Spock's World (I actually own it ) and Sarek. I'll have to reread Sarek and try to find the other two...thanks for the suggestions. The Yesterdays books are about Spock's son whom he allegedly fathered with Zarabeth in the frosty cold of All Our Yesterdays. Supposedly fathered, hmmm? I'll have to have a talk with that man (Vulcan?)... |
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« Reply #18 on: June 10, 2009, 08:58:PM » |
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Supposedly fathered, hmmm? I'll have to have a talk with that man (Vulcan?)... Oh, but he wasn't himself... And it happened eons ago. |
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« Reply #19 on: June 10, 2009, 09:00:PM » |
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Supposedly fathered, hmmm? I'll have to have a talk with that man (Vulcan?)... Oh, but he wasn't himself... And it happened eons ago. Still, he'd better have one heck of an explanation, or I'll be needing my skillet. |
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« Reply #20 on: June 11, 2009, 12:22:AM » |
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Currently reading Parish Priest by Douglas Brinkley and Julie Fenster. It is a biography on Fr. Michael McGivney (founder of KoC). Pretty interesting about reading about the Church during the19th century America.
Also recently read Trianon by Elena Maria Vidal. A more accurate book on Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. Very good, wanted to cry on several parts. The Long fuse by Don Cook. Suppose to be the tome on the British point of view on the War for American Independence, but outside of the details of going ons at Parliament, nothing much new. Petain by Charles Williams is a biography on the Le Maréchal and was pretty good. Mr. Williams is a UK Labour politician, so he is a little biased, but I think he did well.
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Softly falls the light of day,
As our campfire fades away.
Silently, each Scout should ask
Have I done my daily task?
Have I kept my honor bright?
Can I guiltless sleep tonight?
Oh, have I done and have I dared
Everything to be prepared?
Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather
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« Reply #21 on: June 11, 2009, 01:28:AM » |
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A book called 'Cuaresma', which details, explores, and attempts to explain the Holy Week rituals of the Philippines. Really interesting, and some nice pictures, too.
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Ecce ego, quia vocasti me
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« Reply #22 on: June 11, 2009, 01:37:AM » |
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Also recently read Trianon by Elena Maria Vidal.
Do you follow her blog? It's quite good. |
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Jovan-Marya Weismiller, T.O.Carm.
Vive le Christ-roi! Vive le roi, Louis XX!
Deum timete, regem honorificate.
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« Reply #23 on: June 11, 2009, 01:54:AM » |
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Also recently read Trianon by Elena Maria Vidal.
Do you follow her blog? It's quite good. Yes, I check it out every few days. |
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Softly falls the light of day,
As our campfire fades away.
Silently, each Scout should ask
Have I done my daily task?
Have I kept my honor bright?
Can I guiltless sleep tonight?
Oh, have I done and have I dared
Everything to be prepared?
Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather
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« Reply #24 on: June 14, 2009, 10:55:PM » |
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reverence, which one cannot
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laid on lightly, with terror--as if
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"When I depart from the city, and stretch out my hands, the sounds will cease." Exodus 9:29
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« Reply #25 on: June 15, 2009, 06:30:AM » |
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American Lightning - Howard Blum
Two for the Money - Max Allan Collins (I love the "Hard Case Crime" series of paperbacks....pure hard-boiled detective fiction, un-PC, sheer escapism......any other fans out there?)
The Great Wall - John Man
Also still in the midst of Shelby Foote's Civil War.....need to go to the library for vol. III; also Churchill's Marlborough: His Life and Times...need vol. IV.
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WhollyRoaminCatholic
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« Reply #26 on: June 15, 2009, 06:47:AM » |
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I just started a new book and haven't gotten past the (first of three) prefaces. The Lonely Crowd. I read about it somewhere as a critique of middle-class consumer capitalism and what it does to the sense of individuality or tradition... what can I say? I'm a sucker to an interesting review. The book was written in the 1950's and inspired a lot of the counter-cultural rebellion of the 60's (seeming to inspire more individuality than tradition, I suppose), but it's never really gone out of print. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lonely_CrowdIt's probably on the required reading list for a Sociology 101 class somewhere. |
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« Reply #27 on: June 15, 2009, 07:31:AM » |
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The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales on Our Lady and the Baltimore Catechism No. 4.
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P atris, E t F ilii, E t S piritus S ancti "But in the days of those kingdoms the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and his kingdom shall not be delivered up to another people, and it shall break in pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms, and itself shall stand for ever." [Daniel 2:44] http://www.wftsradio.com/
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« Reply #28 on: June 15, 2009, 09:47:AM » |
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Reading Chesterton's biography of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Hey, that one's next on my stack! At the moment, I'm going back and forth between something called Saints Behaving Badly (not at all deep, but enjoyable enough, and educational for someone who learned almost nothing about the saints growing up) and a book on bridge (the card game). I'm also listening to Chesterton's Father Brown stories. They're good, but the guy reads them so slowly my mind keeps wandering every time he hits a comma. I finally realized I could set the speed to 'fast', which makes his voice a little Chipmunky, but it still helps. I should make a list of all the Catholic-related books at my library and post it here so people could share opinions on them. Unfortunately, they don't carry any of the books on the FE books page. Trying to find something good without researching it first is tough, since it could be stuck between a book promoting wymyn priests and one decrying the arch-conservatism of our recent popes. I'm not even in a liberal town by any means, but the pickings seem pretty slim for Tradition-supporting literature, at least in the religion section. There's far more dissenting stuff. |
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« Reply #29 on: June 15, 2009, 02:01:PM » |
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A book by Terry Pratchett.  Which one?? I've had a massive 'Wyrd Sisters' craving over the past few days... Also, I'm planning to start 'Jesus through the centuries/Mary through the centuries', by Jaroslav Pelikan. Anybody heard of this or read it? |
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“I am a Catholic not like someone else would be a Baptist or a Methodist, but like someone else would be an atheist.” - Flannery O'Connor
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