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“It’s All Connections” 0
Stewart does Beck.
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All Hallows’ Eve 0
The steeples are white in the wild moonlight,
And the trees have a silver glare;
Past the chimneys high see the vampires fly,
And the harpies of upper air,
That flutter and laugh and stare.
For the village dead to the moon outspread
Never shone in the sunset’s gleam,
But grew out of the deep that the dead years keep
Where the rivers of madness stream
Down the gulfs to a pit of dream.
A chill wind blows through the rows of sheaves
In the meadows that shimmer pale,
And comes to twine where the headstones shine
And the ghouls of the churchyard wail
For harvests that fly and fail.
Not a breath of the strange grey gods of change
That tore from the past its own
Can quicken this hour, when a spectral power
Spreads sleep o’er the cosmic throne,
And looses the vast unknown.
So here again stretch the vale and plain
That moons long-forgotten saw,
And the dead leap gay in the pallid ray,
Sprung out of the tomb’s black maw
To shake all the world with awe.
And all that the morn shall greet forlorn,
The ugliness and the pest
Of rows where thick rise the stones and brick,
Shall some day be with the rest,
And brood with the shades unblest.
Then wild in the dark let the lemurs bark,
And the leprous spires ascend;
For new and old alike in the fold
Of horror and death are penned,
For the hounds of Time to rend.
Via Dragonbytes.
“This Way In” (Updated) 0
More here.
(Click for a larger image.)
Addendum:
I was on the road all day and behind in my reading.
This post and its comments fit with the cartoon above.
Faith is not about jots and tittles in books, nor about men’s and women’s judging and condemning other men and women, though many seem to build their faith on the condemning of others.
It is not about living narrowly, emptily seeking justification in contrasting one’s own virtue with the unspeakable failure of the [insert condemned group here].
It is about oneself, not about others.
It is about living charitably and justly.
To the extent that one’s faith is contingent on the disparagement of others, one has not faith.
Whirlybirds (Updated) (Updated Again) 0
There about three helicopters buzzing around over the Delaware River this morning. The last time I woke up to this, some fool had driven off the interstate onto the Amtrak railroad line, ruining a lot of commutes.
Updates when the sun comes up.
Addendum:
This may be it.
Why they need three choppers to look at a collision I don’t know.
Addendum-de-dum-dum:
My brother sent me a text saying there is a missing boater on the river.
Addendum-de-la-la:
It was probably the boater. The boat was found just down the hill about a mile upriver from me.
“Too Privileged To Prosecute” 0
Holy ten to twenty, Batman, we can’t hold them accountable because they are “too privileged to prosecute“!
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
I Missed the Game . . . 0
. . . But I like the results:
. . . the Phils defeated the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the 105th World Series, 6-1.
Aside: I have a friend in the western, that is, the Yankee side of Connecticut. She text messaged that she’s wearing red to the office today to irritate the Yankees fans.
I’m not a big one for rubbing it in, but, since Yankees fans are at least as irritating as (and much more smug than) Phillies fans, I said, “Go for it.”
Sermon in the Valley? 2
“We could find ourselves in a situation where we’re accused of inciting someone,” Jackson said of pastors who oppose homosexuality. “I am categorically opposed to the hate crimes bill.”
Just what type of sermons does he preach that he thinks will incite listeners to violence? Don’t sound like a rather well-know sermon that was given on a mount.
Inquisitorial minds want to know.
Light Bloggery 0
Heavy housecleaning.
From Ghosties and Ghoulies and Long-Legged Beasties . . . 0
. . . and ginormous Hallowe’en stores, good Lord protect us.
My favorite Hallowe’en costumes of all time were homemade from cardboard boxes.
She came as a grounded outlet; he came as a three-pronged plug.
They kept making a circuit of the dance floor.
Pat Suzuki 0
Fast forward to the 4:45 mark and skip the snappy banter. Get right to the singing.
When the Phillies Are Hitting, No One Can Beat Them 0
The Dodgers are going to Los Angeles.
The Phillies are going to the World Series.
The Phillies are hitting.