Skin Library
I'm not sure I'm fond of my library after all:
> Brown University's library boasts an unusual anatomy book. Tanned and polished
to a smooth golden brown, its cover looks and feels no different from any other
fine leather.
> But here's
Eric Scheske
Something for Sunday Morning
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, by St. Gregory Nazianzen:
> "Christ is bathed in light; let us also be bathed in light. Christ is baptised;
let us also go down with him, and rise with him.
> John is baptising when Jesus draws near. Perhaps he comes
By the Way
Consider picking up the January 15th issue of Our Sunday Visitor. The cover
story is a fascinating, insightful, clever, and well-written account of the last
things. The article's author is insufferably arrogant, but other than that . . .
Movie Page
By the way, if you're not aware of it, use IMDb [http://www.imdb.com/] to get
information about movies. I have found it reliable, and its organizers have a
great knack for culling the best quotes from films.
Celling the Family Short
> The round-the-clock availability that cell phones and pagers have brought to
people's lives may be taking a toll on family life, a new study suggests.
> The study, which followed more than 1,300 adults over 2 years, found that those
who consistently used a
Brews I Hope No One Will Use
There must be a special circle in Dante's hell for folks like this:
> At the suggestion of a fifth-grader, Sen. Bill Alter has entered a bill that
would ban the sale of beer at temperatures lower than 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The
idea is to lower the
Ice the Babies
Further taking control of the uncontrollable and thereby further screwing
everything up:
> Young career women will soon be routinely freezing their eggs so they can have
children after their fertility has declined, experts are predicting.
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4586838.stm]
Book of Daniel
I just figured NBC's Book of Daniel was offensive to all Christians, but
apparently not. The Episcopalians are so happy about it that they've started
their own blog (The Book of Daniel Blog [http://blog.edow.org/weblog/]) to
defend it and respond to (attack) traditional
Eve on 2005
Eve Tushnet offers a personal review of 2005
[http://eve-tushnet.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_eve-tushnet_archive.html#113660514234272638]
. Pretty good stuff.
Historical Miniature
The LA Times this weekend has a great article about the predecessor of King Kong
[http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/cl-ca-ingagi8jan08,0,6475224.story?coll=cl-home-more-channels]
: Ingagi.
> As only a handful of zoos and circuses exhibited apes during the early 20th
century, movies featuring