Miscellaneous

H.I.F. "TIL Christopher Lee received Tolkien's blessing to play the role of Gandalf, if a movie was ever released, but he played Saruman instead. He was also the only person involved with the Lord of the Rings films to have actually met Tolkien himself."

Miscellaneous Rambling Can I ask an un-Catholic question? Are people in America really starving? My priest assures me they are, so I obediently donate regularly to the parish food pantry. The liberals assure us they are, since it's very hard to live on the amount of money provided

> "True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less." - C.S. Lewis pic.twitter.com/v9Ic73JjtV [http://t.co/v9Ic73JjtV] > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) September 8, 2014 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/status/508768301921869824]

> Relaxing with a good book and an excellent glass of wine from the Machiavelli fattoria... pic.twitter.com/BXV1z26DiM [http://t.co/BXV1z26DiM] > — Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) September 11, 2014 [https://twitter.com/philosophybites/status/510204408362438656]

People who purchased Olive Garden's seven-week unlimited pasta pass are being told that they must show their ID in the restaurant to prevent fraudulent use of the cards. Unfortunately, by Week 5 none of them will look anything like their IDs. It's been discovered that a

> This professor turned a 36 square-foot dumpster into a livable home http://t.co/dI8uUF7fSA pic.twitter.com/Mn6NnuNvWd [http://t.co/Mn6NnuNvWd] > — The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) September 11, 2014 [https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/510207640979668994]

> For Scotch makers, single malt's best in a single country: http://t.co/9AiOKpfHFT pic.twitter.com/FcO4OaZmAF [http://t.co/FcO4OaZmAF] > — Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) September 11, 2014 [https://twitter.com/BloombergNews/status/510096803761774592]

H.I.F. October is already a great feast month (Francis, Lisieux, others). It just got better: "The Feast Days of Saints John XXIII and John Paul II will be on October 11th and October 22nd respectively, the Vatican has announced." Link [http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/

> What better way to finish off a long day spent writing about the Julio-Claudians? pic.twitter.com/6kl9UlEzVk [http://t.co/6kl9UlEzVk] > — Tom Holland (@holland_tom) August 24, 2014 [https://twitter.com/holland_tom/status/503593507710582784]