tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55861322011-09-06T09:59:34.923-04:00<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.comBlogger2141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-5931025080415259822008-03-23T16:07:00.003-04:002008-03-23T16:22:25.333-04:00

Hello.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

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1: 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.

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Have 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

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The 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/

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So 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

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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

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Thought-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 "

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We'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

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(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

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Watched 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

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Apparently, 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 close

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(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.

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J.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

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Nothing 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

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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 never

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Spiffy 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

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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 of

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The 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

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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.

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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

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With 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 Latin

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CATHOLIC 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,

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Say 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

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Much 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

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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. etc

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It seems that there are folks out there who've put T&A in their links section, and others who haven't taken it out despite the five month unannounced hiatus.Since the idea for returning was floating around anyway, this growth in linking during a dead period was quite flattering and has inspired a quicker return.Secondly, the blog roll is being re-done from scratch and we do hope to get the old

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Time for another re-invention.New! Bigger, better, faster! Shinier!MORE: Highbrow snark!LESS: Lowbrow snark!MORE: Philosophy!LESS: Geekery!MORE: Biting commentary hidden in fiction!LESS: "Blah-blah" about the blogger's life!And never again updated with trivial nonsense simply because the author felt an obligation to post a few times per week!Everything the fans have clamored for ... coming soon

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Looks that way. There hasn't been anything interesting to say for the last five months ...... there's no other reason for the unannounced shutdown. If only everyone was quiet when they weren't feeling interesting.Will let you know as things progress.***Oh, and thanks for remembering me, and stopping by!

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What a day so far!The phone was busted at EB Games, and yesterday their shipment didn't arrive. Was there with a pile of angry, vicious moms, as the assistant manager had to run through yesterday's and today's shipments (10 boxes worth), to look for our goods.Apparently, there is some new Nintendo DS out that all the kids want, so the soccer moms all sharpened their fingernails when the shipment

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Still now answer at EB Games. Occasionally, a busy signal.To calm the jitters, put on William Shatner's outstanding album of masculine angst, "The Transformed Man," and started a Civilization strength versus game conditions chart (I.E. large world favors expansionist, young world {mountainous} favors creative, etc.). Will be leaving shortly to bother them in person if no one picks up. Shipments,

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Had a good round of R:TW:BI. Playing currently as the Eastern Roman Empire. Cicero reminded me that infinite wealth is the sinew of war. Thank you, sensei. Just managed to smash the Sassanids this morning, but one of my Christian generals took advantage of Zoroastrian unrest in the former Persian lands, and revolted. Note to self: Next time, enslave the Zoroastrians.Have foregone the shower for

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Happy Civ Day '05!Today is the release of Civilization 4; we only get such a heady day every five or six years.Took the day off of work, but woke at the same time, 7:30 am. Read the latest Civ news and just put on a pot of coffee.About to play some Rome: Total War: Barbarian Invasion to limber up my wargaming skills, then, planning a shower, if I get to it.

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Eagle Snacks.

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A social event forced me to a Novus cOrdo on Saturday. Horrifying! Outside of the regular decay I expect, women on the altar, the CirKiss of Peace, priest facing the congregation, pre and mid-Mass congregational yakking, acolettes, charismatic palm-up posture, "lay ministers" and recipients grubbing the Eucharist with their fingers, and the constant use of the words "fellowship" and "community,"

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Just a quick post to say "Happy Birthday!" to one of my childhood heroes, Larry Fine, who turns 103 today.He was Louis Feinberg by birth. These days, probably my second favorite Jew, after William Shatner.And no, Christ doesn't count.

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Today is the Eastern feast day of Dionysius the Areopagite.The classic saints are the most fun. An Athenian, converted by St. Paul, claimed to have seen an eclipse from Egypt when Christ died, may or may not have been martyred by fire in Paris, has mulitple names ... and the dating and authorship of his writing are in doubt.It seems more likely he was actually beheaded.From "The Celestial

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Today is my 29th birthday, the celebration of almost three decades of deep mediocrity. When you're thirty, it's no longer cute to be muddled. Thus I have one year left to at least put myself in some direction.At 29, I'm a right-thinking Catholic frequently deeply lacking in right-action. Sitting out Communion once or twice a month is no fun. My confessors sometimes think me overscrupulous about

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Rules:1: I must have actually had/used the product.2: The product must be defunct within the bounds of good reason.3: Suggestions are welcome.***September 29, 2005: Original New York Seltzer. Left: A nice large shot of a Root Beer New York Seltzer Can.Below: Promotional patch (for your jean jacket?) with a legible view of the logo. Note visible Twin Towers on your far left.This was great stuff!

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Inspired primarily by the on-going photoblogging at Fr. Tucker's Dappled Things, T&A has decided to do a little of its own. Forthwith we will have an evolving photopost dedicated to deceased consumer product lines.***The Federal Reserve is releasing a new ten-spot. Rather tasteful, actually. It doesn't have the "Monopoly money" feel that one gets from some of the other designs.Hamilton ...

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A Throne and Altar ExposeSo now the line of succession was reduced to a childless King and Queen, an illegitimate half-commoner who was raised outside of the True Church as a Pentecostal, and an unmarried 40-year-old simpleton for a Crown Prince that would be the worst monarch since Charles II.The Burger King became desperate, trying all sorts of non-traditional means of improving his virility.

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Belated "welcome backs" to Evil Steve and Hilary.***Hello to Roscoe Ellis, the first blogger to link here whose blog seemingly has nothing to do with monarchy or Traddery.It's like ... being recognized by the outside world!***A female reader, name witheld, took me to task for calling Mohammedanism "Islam," because the I-word (in Arabic) implies that the false religion is true, therefore giving

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A Throne and Altar ExposeFor the last King was a jealous man. An unfortunate noble known as the Duke of Doubt, left, began to have concerns about the divine blessings that the kings had always taken credit for: flavor, juiciness, value, and peace with the McSaracens. One day, the Duke simply did not show up for Court, and was never heard from again.But the King's taste for Croissan'wiches had

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Check out the Hagia Sophia Blog. This one is floating around all the hip blogs recently. The Hagia Sophia should be a church, not a museum or a mosque. Yes, yes, yes.Why doesn't Greece just take it back? It belongs to them; or at least more them than anyone else still around. The Turks have no right to anything - anything - and letting them play patty-cake with the Euroligarchy is sad.Where's a

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Let T&A add its voice to those ruffled by the latest Jacobin assault at The Shrine of the Holy Whapping.They really shouldn't be rewarded with so much free advertising, but this is too much fun.Apparently, monarchism is a sin, and can be found with schism, heresy, and anti-Semitism. We know what kind of heresy too, not the standard Unitarian or even, say, Wycliffian types; this is the Trad Heresy

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A Throne and Altar ExposeThere have been some recent developments in a small Christian kingdom that warrant much more attention than the news media have given them - the Jacobin press have been ignoring an upheaval that deeply affects a suffering people.T&A brings this story to you.***The King of Burger, left, who draws his legitimacy from the Gilded Crown of St. Flame of Broiled, has been unable

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Via Dyspeptic Mutterings: Ted Nugent cries like a spoiled girl who has her own giant hunting ranch about the big, bad, rich Catholic Church and how you shouldn't give them money.He can almost be forgiven that last bit of Protestant-tinged stupidity for naming his current tour "The Uncle Ted Remember The Alamo Rockout 2005." ... almost.***Have you ever been to Che-Mart? Your purchases are "

Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1126043628409663552005-09-06T17:27:00.000-04:002005-09-06T17:53:48.466-04:00

To GFvonB: Sure the Maronite liturgy is altered, and some of the Latinizations are now generations old. The versus populi stance really does put one off, and they have the Novus Ordo-style useless deacon (compare to the Byzantine deacon), but otherwise their liturgy runs from inoffensive to impressive.I'm in the Albany Diocese, so I'm not one to be fussy. You get up to five languages at almost

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Took in a solid Maronite liturgy this weekend. Don't forget about them! There may be a parish near you.***Incidentally, what is it with Mediterraneans and jewelry? The Lebanese at that church wear almost as much gold as Italians do. What about Greeks? Actually, they don't wear much. Maybe it's a Catholic Mediterranean thing.We Scandinavians don't wear a lot of jewelry. Then again, when you're the

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On the previous post, GFvonB replied:Not a veto on the King, but rather a limit on his funding. Government funding should come from a healthy balance of the King's private funds and taxation, and all new taxation must be approved / consented to by Parliament. If this functions as a limited veto in practice, so be it, but the King is the ultimate Executive, Legislative, and Judicial power within

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The following are a few links about the curious idea of demarchy - drawing representatives by lot.Short overview by Donna L. Quesinberry.Wikipedia entry.Healthy link page on "Sortition Democracy."Mid-length, easy-reading analysis of the concept.Your own further research on the issue may be more insightful than anything else said here.Demarchy might have a place in the House of Commons. In that

Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1124663776300788682005-08-21T18:30:00.000-04:002005-08-21T18:36:53.043-04:00

I can't help but think that someone has been reading T&A.St. cPeter's? That's my schtick.***Incidentally, sorry for the 10 days off posting; it's been a busy August. New job, yadda yadda.More is in the pipe. Actually interesting, too.***I am having this terrible sense of deja vu, has this been posted before?

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How did we miss this? Yesterday was Indigenous People's Day! "Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!" Rolls right off the tongue ...It seems that nobody can agree on the date. Is this one of those movable holidays? Is it different in the Julian year? Who knows?If you happen to be strolling through London this week, make sure to wish a Muslim a "Merrie Indigenous Peoples' Day."***Is sarcasm halal? You'd

Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1123442762691763382005-08-07T15:24:00.000-04:002005-08-07T16:27:07.000-04:00

Taking another horrifying trip to see the in-laws next weekend outside The Rotten Apple.There is, at least, the satisfaction of being able to attend a Ruthenian church.Have you ever attended a Ruthenian Liturgy in downstate New York? Much friendlier than your average Ukrainian Byzantine parish. And it's funny to see a traditionally Slavic branch of Christendom packed full of swarthy Sicilian

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You might enjoy this picture of your host at a Pat Buchanan fund-raiser before the 2000 election, previous to the whole Reform Party thing. A fun night; I got a sound-bite on the evening news.A few things to note:Still had the handlebar moustache. Ah, those were carefree days.Obviously, if taking part in the democratic process, I was still in my Reactionary-Jacobin phase. Thank goodness

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Hey, my two-year blog-o-versary passed a few weeks ago, and I didn't even notice!It ain't easy being me, I'll tell you. No respect, no respect at all. My work is so forgettable that it even slips my mind.***There is not much to say about the blah-blah over John Roberts. He's Catholic, probably cCatholic, and doesn't have much of a written opinion trail.Oh, wait, there is one thing: Fuss over

Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1122736004173397862005-07-30T11:05:00.000-04:002005-07-31T17:41:44.456-04:00

In this county, the best hot wings within reasonable driving distance are made by a place called "Scubber's" (skoo-burrs), in the tail end of a wealthy bedroom community.Expensive, but outstanding. Fat and meaty, very little skin, crazy hot, a high leg-to-wing ratio, fried not baked, and dry rubbed not sauced. Perfect! Worth the money.Yet every time I go in there, the owner seems like he doesn't

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You scored as Institutional Model. Your model of the church is institutional. Jesus established all church hierarchy, which depends upon the Holy Spirit to guide all the members to the Father's will. The hierarchy is responsible for teaching, sanctifying, and governing. Lay persons are responsible for obeying and adhering to the official teaching of the hierarchy. This model can become rigid or

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My grouchiness:Evil Steve, now on top of Fiat Mihi, has quit blogging. I'm a little tweaked about this.Selfishly tweaked, because the League of Evil Traditionalists has been a great boon to my traffic. Hopefully the League will be continued in some fashion. Maybe I'll volunteer if no one else does, if he gives up ring maintenance.Also, I enjoyed those two blogs and I'm sorry to see them

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Rep. Tom Tancredo says that, if the U.S. is nuked, America should respond by destroying Islamic holy sites. A fine idea.But the 'Slamics are doing it themselves, as radical clerics approve of demolishing historical buildings tied to Moe himself, fearing the veneration of sacred sites leads to idolatry.This is one iconoclasm I can get behind.***Random thought: If you needed a word that meant "like

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The blog roll has been gutted and restuffed, kind of like a four-point buck.Sites tend to get rolled around here if they strike me as interesting, show a simpatico with T&A, link to T&A themselves, or sometimes just as a shameless clamor for reciprocation.But when the roll gets too chubby, weight loss is in order. For non-religion blogs, which are few on the list, the lone criterion is personal

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(I know I'm spoiling you with daily posts recently.)The League has begun to bear its first fruits for T&A. Readership is up from a trickle to a quick trickle, and I've run across some great sites second and third-hand.Traditio in Radice, via a comment here.The Catholic Monarchist, via TiR.Joseph Crisp's Monarchist Essays, via TCM.It seems to be time to update the blog roll. There's a lot of sites

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The Vatican is set to release a document ceasing ordination of homosexuals. Mercifully, with our new Holy Father, the text will likely be brief, the diction clear, and be treated as "rules" instead of "collegial suggestions."***Speaking of Holy Fathers, why the rush to canonize the last pontiff? While a decent idea in theory, this Modern Sainting Mania to push through anyone who died in a State

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T&A has been accepted into The League of Evil Traditionalists, run by Steve Skojec, A.K.A. Evil Steve, A.K.A. Darth Traditionis. I extend my thanks His Evilness and also to Fiat Mihi for the call-to-action whereupon the League caught my eye.Lord Traditionis' instinct for nicknames serves the dramatic flair of such an organization well. Yet the group's name makes me think more of The Legion of

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Police: Boys Urinated In Holy Water, Vandalized Church"ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Someone urinated in the holy water at a suburban Rochester, N.Y., Catholic church.Four local teens have been charged with that and other vandalism.Monroe County sheriff's deputies said the teenagers smashed wine bottles against the walls, left bicycle skid marks on the carpet, emptied the fire extinguishers and burned

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Sorry for going almost a month without posting; I've started a new job that demands more of my time. Things have settled down a bit, but posting will be sporadic, hopefully once or twice a week, at least until I get into a new flow of life.***A smart, unabashedly Christian article by Wesley Pruden questions the wisdom of Live 8 and the whole African prosperity movement.Solutions to almost any

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http://petoftheday.com/archive/2005/June/08.htmlCreepy. And they can talk! Could you eat mush while standing on one foot?

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After a hard day, a strange thought ran through my mind last night: "Boy, if I hit the lottery, or had a terminal illness, I could call all the people who drove me crazy and let them know. There's probably a better chance of getting sick than ever nailing the Powerball numbers, and I could on top of it all could make them feel terrible."A cancer fantasy? Probably the most juvenile thought that's

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I: N.Y., U.S. Aesthetic theoryIII: Hot Savages and Cold Decadents (to be linked)IV: Amexican Ups and Downs (to be linked)English-speaking U.S. Catholics are a rootless nation. In the common parlance of classical political science, a nation is "a people who share common customs, origins, history, and frequently language; a nationality." This definition in the mind of most persons and at

Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1117574421421351092005-05-31T16:50:00.000-04:002005-06-01T16:22:09.246-04:00

II: The Anglophone CatholicIII: Hot Savages and Cold Decadents (to be linked)IV: Amexican Ups and Downs (to be linked)A post today by Don Jim Tucker got the wheels turning on a series of entries that had been grinding away in the back of my mind.What is the proper course of U.S. cultural development and what do we owe previous generations in light of the explosion of the Hispanic population and

Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1117224013069846802005-05-27T15:47:00.000-04:002005-05-27T16:02:55.660-04:00

Check out this interesting site that your correspondant ran into while surfing: "Integral Tradition and Conservative Revolution."Now, your humble servant finds it tough to swallow the idea that to "regain its sovereignty, Europe has to end its status of a protectorate of the United States by turning away from the Atlantic towards the Russian and Muslim East and to get rid of American supremacy."

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Nothing would do more for Western Civilization than the re-establishment of a leisured nobility. Any stripe of monarchy or republic would do well to look into it, even if that the lumpen might never support the idea.My formulation:They should comprise between two and four percent of the population.The status would be passed on to children only when both parents are nobles.They should (of course)

Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1116942392611997382005-05-24T09:11:00.000-04:002005-05-24T10:21:04.593-04:00

That last post made me realize how much brain space is wasted with geekery. What could be done with all that gray matter? Self-teaching German? Learing to change a car's oil? Finishing the Master's Degree? I've decided to mentally unload some things that are hogging space in the old cranium.(Again with apologies to more serious readers. After the extended HHJPII/HHBXVI season, we all need a

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I ask my more gentle-natured readers to excuse the following geekery.Although a self-confessed Original Series Trekkie, I was forced to admit after the mediocre "Next Generation" and the abominable "Deep Space Nine" that Star Wars was on-the-whole a more solid mythos.Fortunes changed later, when "Voyager" turned out well, and "The Phantom Menace" and "The Clone Wars" dragged Star Wars down well

Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1116510169072222362005-05-19T09:16:00.000-04:002005-05-20T12:03:45.740-04:00

File this under "H," for "Hair: Things that make you want to tear it out."From an interview with hip-hop preacher Pastor Phil Jackson:Q: Would Jesus like your style?A: I think if Jesus were here today, he would be in the hip hop community.Q: And what about the Pope?A: Whether it's the Pope or a traditional Church, they worry that hip-hop doesn't reverence (sic) Christ.What's a traditional church?

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I apologize for the lack of posting; my computer is overun with spyware and my internet connection is always tenuous.First, Happy Norwegian Independence Day!Take that, Sweden. And don't you forget it.***Here's a good piece on Turkish denial of the Armenian Genocide. This is why Islam will eventually defeat the West and the Rest: They stick up for themselves whether or not they're right. Whereas

Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1115910952747105542005-05-12T10:31:00.000-04:002005-05-19T09:48:03.020-04:00

I've mentioned before that I currently sell insurance for a living; it's going on three years now.Mercifully, being a home worker, there are rarely instances in which I have to interact with corporate culture. Calling it such is generous, as it is more of an unwritten system of veiling greed and hostility, and thus hardly approaches anything that may be labeled "culture."Still, I'm called on a

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I'm back from my recent excursion.Has anyone seen Iron Chef America? A complete waste of time. The original Japanese show provided me with at least a solid year of fascination, but the remake is shoddy and foolish.The most irritating thing about it is Bobby Flay. The guy's accent just grates on me. And, when he was on the one-shot special against Iron Chef Japanese Morimoto, he stood on his

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... here are a few links to enjoy until I get back.Pirate Mod. For all your piratey outfitting needs.The latest on the relegalization of ephedra in the U.S.The text of the Anglican Use Catholic Mass. All the buzz recently.The most amazing scenario ever for Civilization III. Old news to you dedicatd Civ fans, but I've recently been playing it again.An article about Hoppe and "time preference."

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Several recent posts on other blogs have been troubling my conscience. First, is this from Disputations, via Dappled Things, which touches on folks who want a general ecclesial crackdown from the new pope."And in all honesty, 'radiating the joy of the faith' is not how I would characterize those eagerly awaiting the first batch of excommunications."Ouch. That one hits close to home. Is it wrong

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Let me extend a welcome to visitors arriving here from A Casa De Sarto, a Trad Catholic blog written in Portuguese, which has sent T&A a nice trickle of daily visitors. From what I can tell, it's from Portugal, the blessed land of Fatima, and not Brazil (which has an active Trad community of its own).I'm tickled to be linked to a foreign-language blog. If, like me, you don't speak Portuguese, run

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The good news just keeps pouring in about HH Benedict XVI. Many signs are pointing to an old-school papacy.Cardinal Ratzinger was in talks to assimilate AngloTrads into the Church.and more to the forthcoming point,HH has chosen an older, more ornate pallium.Benedict embracing high culture Masses (if still Novus Ordo).Pontiff wearing traditional red shoes eschewed by HHJPII.Pope rediscovering

Guy Haraldssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819098983862999293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586132.post-1114278075417717532005-04-23T13:40:00.000-04:002005-04-23T13:41:15.416-04:00

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The PSAs here have been banging away extra hard at smoking recently. Now, they're upset that 80% of PG movies show people smoking, which in turn supposedly influences children to smoke.Setting aside the tobacco tradition in movies, and the way it's used to convey character, there is one glaring fact to consider. About 22% of the American population smokes - thus, if there is only one character in

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The progressive, radical, and kook fringe of the Church is crying in its collective chardonnay about the election of HH Benedict XVI.It's a Modernist Catholic Passover; "Why on this night do we eat bitter herbs?" "Because our forefathers were slaves in the pre-Conciliar Church. That is why we eat bitter herbs on Ratzinger Night."This gets three and a half, out of a possible five, Happy

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THANK YOU GOD for the election of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger to the office of Supreme Pontiff.His reputation is likely a bit overblown, at least as "God's Rottweiler" or the "Panzer Pope," but methinks a bit o' tail-whupping may still be done. This looks like it's going to be a top-notch papacy. I'll betcha there were a lot of long faces in Albany, Los Angeles, and St. Paul.When I saw his smile

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THE POPE WILL BE ITALIAN.(90% Certainty)The Italians will throw in with almost any ideological or geographic polity in order to not fully lose their grip on the institution.THE NEXT PAPACY WILL BE INWARD LOOKING.(80% Certainty)Nobody will be able to step out of the shadow of HHPJPII to impress non-Catholics, so they won't try that hard. His focus will be more ecclesial, but ...THE SOUL-GNAWING

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Chapter 31 I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of His indignation.2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, and not into light.3 Only against me He hath turned, and turned again His hand all the day.4 My skin and my flesh He hath made old, He hath broken my bones.5 He hath built round about me, and He hath compassed me with gall, and labour.6 He hath set me in dark places as those

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Sorry for the vagueness, but I'd rather not have the anecdote recognized.I had an interview this spring with a Catholic business. It ran for three hours, in which they questioned me, I questioned them, and then I took a test, all in just about equal measure.This was the middle of the week. They told me that if they wanted to see me for a second interview, they'd call by the following Monday. And

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Here's a great site dedicated to the Imperial House of Hapsburg.For a site audacious enough to subtitle itself "Osterreich Uber Alles," they use the dating format "BCE" and "CE." Strange.But maybe they're right. AD and BC are just too old-fashioned, and ... Catholic. I've got a few suggestions:BW and WE. For Americans. "Before Washington" and "Washington Era." Before that, little important

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Let's do this one backwards. Prince Albert of Monaco was on Larry King and mentioned that he had no children at 46. He's not even married! So much for the Royal House, hopefully they have some side-heirs on deck.This supports my thought that crown ascendency should be given to the prince that has the most male children when the king dies. It'd sure reduce messy situations like this, and the

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Christian convert sentenced to death in Iran.Previously, the EU shook its finger at Iran when he was arrested. Thanks for that, Europe.***On the bright side, China is smothering the Islamic Uighurs. Except the executions. Close all the mosques you want, but don't kill them please.***Here's a rambling, yet interesting article on Africa, Islam, the next pope, and the Church's relation to

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This past weekend, I had to take one of my semi-annual trips to New York City to visit my in-laws.NYC isn't really all that different from upstate, except upstate has more deer and fewer prostitutes. Still, even after all these years, it feels like a foreign country. Whenever I go there, I see things everywhere and think, "Hey, that looks like Grand Theft Auto III." Chinatown, low income housing,

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This photo was taken in the summer of 2002. HH was kind enough to grant me a private audience in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in his spare time. The hall in which we spoke was owned by one Madame Tussaud, who was unable to attend this unprecedented event.As Il Papa stepped off the plane, the Dutch bishops scurried under refrigerators or chewed new nests in the walls.And that was the day HH told me

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The iPope will take care of all your authority needs during interregnum. Depending on who's elected, you might need to hold on to it for a good few years.***Check out The Monarchist, a Canadian of the aforementioned persuasion. It seems pretty solid and has a good number of links. Not Catholic, but nobody's perfect.I used to live near the Canadian border, and did a good deal of amateur traveling

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God of War is one of the most top-notch video games ever. You have to play this game. The combo system, graphics, music, storyline ... everything. They even do a good job with the Greek mythology.I can't even believe these graphics are on the PS2; they're downright XBox worthy. The controls are intuitive, there are scads of special attacks and weapons, and you can kill larger monsters (minotaurs,

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Prince Rainier of Monaco has died. Good luck to Prince Albert.***More proof of what a dummy I am: Driving yesterday, it just occured to me that the Stone in "Sly and the Family Stone" is the family name, a la "The Brothers Karamozov." The archaic phrasing threw me. I used to think "family" was possessive, as in "the family dog," like they owned a stone or something.How can you read a blog by

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John Paul II, baptized Karol Wojtyla, the Bishop of Rome, Metropolitan of Rome, Primate of Italy, Patriarch of the Latin Church, and Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Catholic Church, died 9:37 p.m. Roman time Saturday, April 2.The peoples' pope will be missed, and made many contributions to Christ's Church. He wrote powerful encyclicals on the Culture of Life, was one of four leaders responsible

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... just like in old movies."After a quarter-century of John Paul's strong personality and hands-on management style, some want Vatican officials to stay out of the day-to-day operations of dioceses. Others believe officials in Rome should stay deeply involved to crack down on dissent.""Strong personality" is debatable. A better word might be "charming." But "hands-on management style?" Whoever

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Postmodern Liturgist Resources celebrates all that cChurch has to offer.So go, check it out, and "get your smile on."

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You scored as Intrapersonal. You prefer your own inner world, you like to be alone, and you are aware of your own strengths, weaknesses, and feelings. You learn best by engaging in independent study projects rather than working on group projects. People like you include entrepreneurs, philosophers and psychologists.Intrapersonal82%Verbal/Linguistic68%Visual/Spatial57%Logical/Mathematical50%

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