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Post by Catman on Mar 18, 2024 22:53:55 GMT
Seriously, why would anyone think firing a rifle at a giant spider would make any difference?
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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 19, 2024 15:49:52 GMT
Bob Living is a left-handed gentleman from New South Wales, Australia, who was—and, of course, was not—in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., on October 28, 2023.
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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 19, 2024 22:13:02 GMT
77 St Mark's Place New York City 3
Nova.26th
Dear Father Allen: Have you gone stark raving mad? Aside from its introduction of a lesson and psalm from the O.T.,which seems to me admirable since few people go any more to Mattins or Evensong,the new 'liturgy' is appalling. Our Church has had the singular good-fortune of having its Prayer-Book composed and its Bible translated at exactly the right time,ie,late enough for the language to be intelligible to any English-speaking person in this century( any child of six can be told what 'the quick and the dead' means) and early enough,ie, when people still had an instinctive feeling for the formal and the ceremonious which is essential in liturgical language. This feeling has been,alas,as we all know,almost totally lost.(To identify the ceremonious with 'the undemocratic' is sheer contemporary cant.) The poor Roman Catholics,obliged to start from scratch,have produced an English Mass which is a cacophonous monstrosity( the German version is quite good,but German has a certain natural sonority): But why should be imitate them? I implore you by the bowels of Christ to stick to Cranmer and King James. Preaching,of course,is another matter: there the language must be contemporary. But one of the great functions of the liturgy is to keep us in touch with the past and the dead. And what,by the way,has happened to the altar cloths?If they have been sold to give money to the poor,I will gladly accept their disappearance: I will not accept it on any liturgical or doctrinal grounds.
With best wishes
W.H.Auden
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Post by Catman on Mar 21, 2024 2:46:22 GMT
Today Catman learned what a paddywhack is. Yuck.
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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 21, 2024 22:54:43 GMT
“They don’t have any other tables of six. They don’t have any other tables. They don’t even have this table, actually.”
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Post by Catman on Mar 21, 2024 23:46:15 GMT
Don't stand around jabbering when you're stll in mortal danger.
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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 22, 2024 19:16:36 GMT
Auden being Auden, cont’d:
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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 23, 2024 13:27:02 GMT
My cousin lives in Providence, R.I. (as Bob Living doesn’t), which the Providence River cuts through. The river used to be covered with bridges that blocked much of a water view. When I told this to cuz, she somehow got it into her head that the river itself is fake. No, I don’t know how, and neither does she, but now the Providence River will forever be “The Fake Water.”
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Post by Catman on Mar 23, 2024 23:59:43 GMT
Why? It seems a most distasteful place.
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Post by 𝔅𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔫 𝔅𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔷𝔞𝔯 𝔅𝔲𝔵 on Mar 24, 2024 6:53:11 GMT
The Amazon commercial about a dining room table brought me here
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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 25, 2024 15:59:04 GMT
Words to live by, cont’d:— Jason Guriel, Twitter post
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Post by 𝔅𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔫 𝔅𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔷𝔞𝔯 𝔅𝔲𝔵 on Mar 26, 2024 14:06:09 GMT
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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 27, 2024 13:26:32 GMT
Dream:
I have to read the Epistle at a church service attended by the British royal family and offered for my deceased grandfather, who has apparently figured out how to break the bonds of death so that he can show up at the service (if anyone could, it would be him… How fittingly paschal, now that I think of it). But I have apparently just rolled out of bed because I stink and am wearing pajamas. And the service is starting.
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Post by 𝔅𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔫 𝔅𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔷𝔞𝔯 𝔅𝔲𝔵 on Mar 27, 2024 22:19:21 GMT
M̴̟̜̖̋͌į̸̫̯̣͖̀́͑͒̋̽̎̌̆̀̿̈͛̚̕̕ͅx̷̫͙̖̥̀̂͑̈́̑͛́̀̒̓̌̎̽͆̿̚e̶̬̺̠͔͊̐͒́̾̓͂ş̸̟̲͙̝̙̻͖̦̖̻̮̼̼̹̘̖̪̄̐͂̈́̈͂̓̄̒̓͌͛̾̚͘͜͝͝ ̵̡̡̦͓̺̺̲̦̝̜͉̺̪̭̊̉͛̑̾̈́̈́͠á̴̡͇̼͖͓̝͖̃̈́͘̚ŗ̷̪̙͖̲̬͇̫̘̣͔͇̝͌͐ͅȅ̶̛̠̹̭̀͂̓͆̑͐ ̴̨̡̭̲͖͙̟̩̳̥̜͎̠̯͛͒̂́̒̅̎͊ͅp̵̛̞̤͕͖̞̠̫͉̤͈̳̟͔͖̮̱͌̂͂̈͒̌͒͋̈́̊͝l̶͕͎̮̭̘̄̀̐̊̈̊̽͑̿͋̇͝ä̷̩́́̈̅̆̀̐̌́͑̉̑̈́̃͒̆̇̾̃͛͝y̵̨̡̡̧̧̡̙̙̪͇̝̺̖̼͕̞͖̳̑̾̂͊́͐͛̈͌͛͜͝l̴̢͔͕̰̱͓̦͙̬̘̦̟̼̱̘͚̮̏̇͑͗̌ī̶̢̫͚̝̪͇͈̪̗̳̹̖͚͙̘̺͉̂̀͆͑̽̓̏͛́̉̅́͑̃͘͘̕͜͝͝͠ş̷̛̦̰̺͔̟̝̝͓̞̫̝̱̠̐̓̍̋́̑͊̆́́́̉͛̍́͒̕͘͘͜͝t̵̻̳̞͔̹̃̽s̴̟͉͙̯̣̥̻̯̟̆̀̐̇͘͘ ̵̧̢̱̙͓͔͖̳̣̼̪̎̈̽̍̚Y̸͖͓̘̫͔̘̮̗̻͙̮͈̺͖͙̣͈̏̍͋̂̒͜ͅǫ̴̢̛͇͈̝̘͎͙̠̟̬̝͎̞̖̻̠̔́̑͑̌̅͌̑̑̉̒͂̽̽́͜u̴̢͔̲͍͎̳̬̲̗͉̞̭͉̍̒̂͂̈̎́̃̈́̑̑̅͘̕̕̕͠ͅt̴̼̲̗͉̠̩̭̘͙̲̹̝̱̤̳̦͈̖͍̲͈̹̍͑̊̋̂̿̓̉̃́̌̂͊̇̆̓͠͠͠͝ṳ̷̧̠̗̣̱̞̐͌̋͜͜ͅḅ̸̡̡̻̣̫̖̥̗̈͆͠ȅ̴̜̙͙̙̝̻͚͖̻̫̬̯͖̩̞͓̳̀͗̀̓͑͐̑̎̔͜͠ ̷̢̧̛͙̦͍̬̮͕͖̺̹̣̰͓̉̌̾̏̔̈͊̊̉̂̈́̈̂́̉͗̈́̉̋̏͘m̴̧͙̰̦̥͖̘̤͚̙͙̘̜̈́̄̔̓̀̾̈́͜ä̴͖̞͇̘̣͆̓̈́̓͝ķ̶̡̢̢̯͕͚͇̝̺̫̗͕͈͕̮̭̰̖́̈́̓̒͗̈́̾͗͒͘͜͝ͅe̵̡̳͎͎̗̰̤͕̳͓͓̖͇͍̗͑͑̄̍̍̑͝ͅş̴̗͉͖̝̤̞̟̖͉̘̼̐̿̂̃̾̀̓́̄̈́͑͛̽̍͋̃̈́͊͘͝ͅ ̶̡̡͍̜̩̘̦͙͕̲̱̺̝̩͉̝̺̲͐̍͆̿̀́̆̅͜f̸̢͕̬̹̮̯̼̯̭̘͓̰͙̒͊̈́̇ȏ̷̧̙͝ŗ̸̧̮̤̭͓͍̗̞̪̘̪̣̜͉̼̭͕̙̐̅̂̄̌̎̈́͛̅͒͌͋̍̌̈̋̽̇̄͝͝͝ͅ ̴̨͚̝̳̞̼̝͍̯̼̹͔̤͚̔͆̒̇̑̈̚͜͜y̶͚̠̬̪͔͗̎̓̂͋̒͊̍̄̽́̿̇͌͜ȍ̸̬͔̰͚̓̉̇̕͠͠u̷̡̨̖͚̬̳̪̪͌̆͜
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Post by Catman on Mar 27, 2024 22:25:51 GMT
So it was there all along.
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