Now burn, new-born to the world,
Double-natured name,
The heaven-flung, heart-fleshed, maiden-furled
Miracle-in-Mary-of-flame,
Mid-numbered He in three of the thunder-throne!
--Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ, "The Wreck of the Deutschland"
posted by Cacciaguida at 11:16 PM
Saint Francis and Saint Benedight
Bless this house from wicked wight;
From the night-mare and the goblin,
That is hight good-fellow Robin;
Keep it from all evil spirits,
Fairies, weazles, rats, and ferrets'
From curfew-time
To the next prime.
- "Cartwright" (quoted in the Christmas Eve chapter from Washington Irving's
Sketchbook)
posted by Cacciaguida at 3:09 AM
Ready for some serious scholarship on early Scotland?James E. Fraser, From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795, New Edinburgh History of Scotland I, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2009. Pp. xii + 436; illus. Paperback ISBN 9780748612321, £19.99. Alex Woolf, From Pictland to Alba 789–1070, New Edinburgh History of Scotland II, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2007. Pp. xv + 384; illus. Paperback ISBN 9780748612345, £19.99.
First page of an academic review can be viewed
here.
posted by Cacciaguida at 5:26 PM
UK judge issues arrest warrant for former Israeli foreign minister for pursuing foreign policy someone in UK doesn't likeOnly one way to stop this kind of "universal jurisdiction"/"human rights" horseshit: Israel can issue a warrant for the judge who issued the warrant. And drop a hint that Israel, unlike the airhead rest of the world, actually
knows something about extraterritorial enforcement.UPDATE:
"UK ponders law change after Tzipi Livni arrest warrant." Jolly good and about bloody time. Don't miss the Livni video statement in this link.
posted by Cacciaguida at 12:58 AM
Eve on why "all that matters is that you get to Heaven" can't possibly be right from a sound-and-orthodox Catholic viewpoint:
here.
posted by Cacciaguida at 10:11 PM
