tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55861322024-03-13T07:29:39.468-04:00Throne and Altar<center><br>
Latin Catholic by birth, Byzantine Catholic by the grace of God.<br>
Pro: Restoration of the Holy and Universal Christian Roman Empire.<br>
Caveat: The author makes no claim to being an exemplar of Catholicism or Monarchism (or blogging).<br>
Under the patronage of St. George. <b><i>Please view at 1024x768.</i></b></center>Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.comBlogger214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-5931025080415259822008-03-23T16:07:00.003-04:002008-03-23T16:22:25.333-04:00GooglofascismHello.Logged on to clean up some things on here that I actually feel bad about writing. Just a little too puerile at points, particularly toward the hierarchy.Looks like Google invaded Blogger since my last visit. Googlofascism is on the march.Google Maps is probably taking a picture of my house as I write this, and selling my information to Doubleclick and the Red Chinese.The local police were Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1150657601538169242006-06-18T14:39:00.000-04:002006-06-19T07:51:12.280-04:00Ortho-Anglo stumpers1: Can someone explain the Eastern view of Sin to me? The Orthodox seem to take the non-inheritance of Sin to a level that renders Baptism irrelevant. One suspects that in their haste to toss the filioque bathwater out, all sorts of Augustinian babies went with it.(Not that the filioque should be viewed as bathwater by right-thinking people. As a red herring, perhaps, but certainly not bathwater.Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1150491127433428052006-06-16T16:42:00.000-04:002006-06-17T07:32:41.550-04:00Biblical brain teasersHave been reading the Old Testament again recently. Some thoughts occur:1: If King Solomon was the wisest person to ever live, before or since (Kings 11:12), was he wiser than Christ?2: If Adam and Eve had children, and then sinned, but the child refused the serpent's offer, it's natural to assume that the parents would be kicked out of Paradise, not the child. Since the entire Earth was cursed Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1149954189223283192006-06-10T11:23:00.000-04:002006-06-10T11:43:10.566-04:00Byzantine priest with young family needs helpThe following was posted on the ByzCath message board:"Got this e-mail from Fr. John Zeyack, who is a visiting instructor at the Greek Catholic seminary in Uzhorod. PLEASE TRY AND BE GENEROUS! Glory to Jesus Christ! Dear Fr. Mike Fr. Chris and Deacons, Several months ago I was asked about helping here in Zakarpatia, Ukraine. I have a special need. We have a young priest here who is ordained 2 1/Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1149633181866761092006-06-06T18:03:00.000-04:002006-06-06T18:33:01.976-04:00Islamic gamesmanship in CanadaSo Musselmen were going to behead Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.The Toronto Star believes that it's "time to challenge Muslim extremists." To a rousing game if Scrabble? It remains to be seen.Your author is constantly bewildered that a nation that speaks mostly proper English, lives under a monarchy, and generally displays wonderful manners could have such a death urge.Can Mohammedans Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1149465850174788392006-06-04T19:09:00.000-04:002006-06-04T20:40:22.356-04:00Crusader; Trek; Uecker; Cravats; Grillin'Some odds and ends today, mostly found while surfing:***1: SCANDERBEG: Warrior King of Albania. A movie being put together by some very proud Albanians, about a, yes, warrior king who leads a revolt to kick the Mahometan menace out of his nation. Fun! Watch the promo, it looks like it'll be spiffy.2: Ragemonkey: The Future of Star Trek. Father Tharp ruminates on the direction of the next Trek Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1148314709218927852006-05-22T11:39:00.000-04:002006-05-23T22:09:33.120-04:00Catholic blog roundupThought-provoking material from other blogs:Traditio in Radice: "John Paul the Great?"The discussion is what grabs me primarily here, since I'm already convinced about the topic. Words are exchanged as to:A: Whether the whole "HHJPII is over-rated" issue is beaten into the ground, andB: If such hostility serves to create scandal amidst the ignorati.The answers are, respectively, "somewhat" and "Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1148255097155927562006-05-21T19:30:00.000-04:002006-05-21T19:46:02.066-04:00Guinea pigs go HollywoodWe've all seen the Snapple ad from a few years ago re-enacting The Running of the Bulls with guinea pigs.But, have you seen this new commercial for G4TV with one seriously creepy piglet?***Flipping channels the other night, the clicker took me to some Power Rangers spin off; in this show, the kids are students by day, ninjas by night, and Power Rangers by ... well, the next day. Anyhoo, their Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1147816481911096952006-05-16T17:53:00.000-04:002006-05-16T18:18:21.310-04:00Happy Norwegian Independence Day!(One day early). This year, instead of concentrating on modern flag-wavers as in years past, let us look to another Norse freedom fighter of long ago.Enjoy this fine image of St. Olav distributing money before the Battle of Stiklestad. The day pictured here won't end well for our fine friend.In iconography, Olav is depicted holding the axe that was the instrument of his martyrdom.Olav died, in Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1147730060355664632006-05-15T17:35:00.000-04:002006-05-15T17:58:09.056-04:00Eeeevil CartoonsWatched the Fox Sunday block last night. The Simpsons had an episode about evolution ... the only good thing that ever comes out of movies or TV shows about evolution are Southern lawyers in seersucker suits and ribbon ties.(Just love those guys! Patterned my own work persona around them.)And such is still largely the case here. As a relatively new convert to Creationism, your correspondant can Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1147638670789736962006-05-14T16:07:00.000-04:002006-05-14T16:31:10.880-04:00The Albino CodeApparently, albinos think they are too often portrayed as evil in the movies.Have you seen this yet? The Albino Code. It's a tad amusing.***On the same subject, T&A has yet to comment on The DaVinci Code. Its readership is comprised primarily of people who haven't finished a whole book since "Green Eggs and Ham."One doesn't have to be St. Augustine to have an opinion on theology (such would Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1147007713764649932006-05-07T08:49:00.000-04:002006-05-15T17:35:24.466-04:00Oldie but Goodie(Note to spinsters and school marms: Mild language in the following joke.)***A man from the Midwest strikes oil on his land. The first thing he decides to do is treat himself and his poor crippled younger brother to a year-long trip to see Europe.When they get back, the local press is excited to find out what the two small town boys thought of the world, so a reporter goes out to get the scoop. Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1146521677305232432006-05-01T18:00:00.000-04:002006-05-01T18:19:11.470-04:00Like a man at a baby showerJ.D. Carriere has a recent post tumbling about Eucharistic ministers. Most of the discussion is genderless, but is titled "Unnecessary Broads," and has a picture of an amused and under-dressed ministrix.While we could take notice of the plainness of the participants, both lay and clerical, and the drab meeting-hall style of what is visible of the church, we shan't.Instead, let's consider Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1146433418053730922006-04-30T17:13:00.000-04:002006-04-30T17:43:40.943-04:00False ReligionsNothing curdles my blood quicker than Catholics who play patty-cake with false relgions.Let's cut the issue down to the bone: False religions don't get you to Heaven. It doesn't matter how many "grains of truth" they have. If an adherent of one does get to Heaven (by the Grace of God), it's despite his attachment to one of these spiritual lies and not due to it.Indeed, the general objection of Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1146328871695524422006-04-29T12:02:00.000-04:002006-04-29T12:43:46.370-04:00Brownie, 2000-2006, R.I.P.Had to put Brownie the guinea pig down Thursday, April 27, 2006. She was 6.5 years old, not a bad run for the little critters. She was also known as "The Brownster," or "The Brownmeister."Our second pig, and the second one to go. She was beautiful - stripes of white and shades of tan and brown. Truly one of God's small marvels. She was also meek and we spent much time ensuring her cagemates neverGuy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1146002021285481432006-04-25T17:26:00.000-04:002006-04-25T17:54:46.920-04:00April tids and bitsSpiffy article over at Traditio in Radice about how deeply flawed American society and governance are.I dissent only on the contention that a private or government U.S. interest planned the collapse of the Twin Towers. While putting nothing past Hudge & Gudge, as it were, "Haraldsson's Razor" states that all things being equal, Islam is to blame.***On a related note, a joke:Two Middle Eastern Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1145571915060791472006-04-20T18:10:00.000-04:002006-04-20T18:25:15.123-04:00T&A News: New monument in D.C.WASHINTON - The bold new addition to the Capital Mall celebrates many of the federal government's current goals:1: Division of the U.S. into as many different linguistic groups as possible.2: Promoting sensitivity toward and appreciation for Middle Eastern cultures.3: Cramming the entire human race into one place (here), instead of them being spread about willy-nilly.When asked about the logic ofGuy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1145313740940338592006-04-17T18:23:00.000-04:002006-04-18T17:39:17.536-04:00Quiz for the armchair generalsThe wackadoo pictured left wants to build nukes and push the West into a cataclysmic holy war.A: The West has no babies, no vision, and no coherent religion or ideology to hold it together.B: The West has enough "citizens" who share his religion and political philosophy to cause serious trouble.C: He and his cohorts are sitting on 2/3 of the world's oil supply.D: When he moves on Israel, as he's Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1145192766880471462006-04-16T09:02:00.000-04:002006-04-16T11:25:01.476-04:00Happy Easter!Have a happy and spiritually profitable Easter.***Also, sorry for turning on comment moderation. Didn't realize I did. It's off now - so please comment insanely to your heart's content, with my blessing.Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1144954360893536722006-04-13T14:45:00.000-04:002006-04-13T14:53:19.406-04:00Having a bad day?Sing this. Out loud, or else it won't work. The more people who hear you, and the more inappropriate it is, the better you'll feel.I feel pretty,Oh, so pretty,I feel pretty and witty and bright!And I pityAny girl who isn't me tonight.I feel charming,Oh, so charmingIt's alarming how charming I feel!And so prettyThat I hardly can believe I'm real.See the pretty girl in that mirror there:Who can Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1144872553067598312006-04-12T15:06:00.000-04:002006-04-12T16:10:59.720-04:00No king, no immigrantsWith all the leftist Catholic piffle ruffling about that immigration restrictions were unknown during The Catholic Era (which isn't entirely true), it behooves us to remember the main difference between then and now: The Catholic Era was run by monarchs, we live in democratic regimes. Thus, the subjects used to be guaranteed leadership that spoke not only the indigenous languages but also LatinGuy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1144515079420068732006-04-08T12:26:00.000-04:002006-04-16T02:52:54.106-04:00T&A News: HHJPII added to TrinityCATHOLIC BLOGOSPHERE: Here in this quaint village of several hundred, reigning prelates have taken the year anniversary of the passing of Pope John Paul II's passing to infallibly define him as part of the Godhead."We, the Most Holy Roman Blogosphere, officially affirm, define, and declare that Pope John Paul II is the Fourth Person of the Trinity," the encyclical, Ioannes Paulos Caritas Est, Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1143993768456574632006-04-02T11:27:00.000-04:002006-04-02T15:29:32.693-04:00Migration motivationSay a man, after buying lunch at the local pizzeria, has ten bucks left over. As is typical of these places, there's a tip jar, a college fund jar for the owner's daughter, a jar for the local soup kitchen or food bank, and the area's animal shelter might even be selling mints for a donation.Our generous fellow decides that in the spirit of Lent he'll deposit money in all four. If he divvies it Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1143899191987730252006-04-01T08:14:00.000-05:002006-04-01T16:54:37.686-05:00Want to live here? Earn itMuch hullaballoo recently about immigration.Setting aside business greed for cheap labor, low Anglo population growth due to abortion, the open secret that Mexico wants the Southwest back, and the inability of a heterogeneous democracy to make clear decisions, we are left with the problem of modern notions of citizenship.As previously outlined in this space, at this point, "United States of Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1143499817015606182006-03-27T17:40:00.000-05:002006-03-27T17:50:37.490-05:00My dad is stronger than your dad!Posted on an Eastern Catholic Board: "Just who is, and who is not, 'Orthodox' is a great sport on many 'Orthodox' forums. More 'Orthodox than thou' is a common trial. It is all a variant on the 'My Dad is stronger than your Dad' theme. Other examples are: 'My calendar is older than your calendar' or 'My praxis is stricter than your praxis' or 'My schism is more recent than your schism' etc. etcGuy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0