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A DC Birding Blog: Favorite Bird Songs. Wood Thrush: This is the familiar thrush of DC’s wooded parks. (And it is DC’s “state” bird.)
Pentagram partner Daniel Weil has created a new design for the chess set, which is making its debut at the World Chess Candidates Tournament in London. Black pieces Weil was asked to design the new pieces following Pentagram’s earlier work with organisation World Chess, which saw John Rushworth create a new identity for the organisation, Naresh […]
From In the Light of the Law: According to the (Old) Catholic Encyclopedia, in his bullum Cogit nos(21 March 1591), Pope Gregory XIV forbade under pain of excommunication all bets concerning the election of a pope, the duration of a pontificate, or the creation of new cardinals. Some folks are asking, is this still the law? Answer: No. Gregory’s norm […]
Full contact amazin’ folks. via Mens Puzzle Rings 7BCS.
New track. Hopefully I’ll hear some lyrics on it after Rich Jones does some work on it.
Migratesong Migratesong syncs, say, the scotts.com bird identifier based on zip code, to an archive of birdsongs (such as weBIRD or birdjam) while tracking your location. For each species of bird, there are a version or two of the different songs which each bird makes (alert, mating, etc.). Once installed, the app will automatically change […]
Just now on NPR I heard about a Valvoline product for “higher-mileage” cars…a euphemism I’ve decided to adopt. Now I’m a higher-mileage carcass.
A submission for a book cover project that I did with Mark. They didn’t pick us.
Pope Benedict’s last great master class: Vatican II, as I saw it
Top 11 Biggest Lies of Mainstream Nutrition.
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Abbiamo deciso di dedicare una intera sezione del nostro sito ad Adriano Graziotti in quanto oltre ad un profondo sentimento d’amicizia e discepolato, ci lega al grande maestro scomparso una affinità di propositi e di ricerche che in diversi anni, abbiamo cercato di sviluppare attraverso le iniziative di Simmetria e in vari testi pubblicati nelle […]
Tracklist: 1. I Didn’t Love You 2. You’re Just Afraid (To Give Me Your Love) 3. Dance All Night 4. Will There Be Tomorrow 5. Why Should I Think The Way I Do 6. I Want To Let You Know 7. Love Me 8. Saturn via The Vinyl Frontier : Conrad Benjamin-Saturn (1982).
The Benedictines… because that’s where I landed after Wabash. I got a job in the monastery, and I blended in. It was serendipitous and a crap shoot, but I can honestly say the Franciscans, Dominicans and Jesuits never interested me much. On the other hand, the Benedictine reform orders– Carthusians and Cistercians– and the Carmelites form the […]
From Costume of Prelates of the Catholic Church, According to Roman Etiquette (Classic Reprint) by John Abel Felix Prosper Nainfa: “…the Prelate is reciprocally bound to make his dignity known by wearing the proper costume. Owing to personal sentiments of humility, one may sometimes be opposed to this solemn display; but the example given by great […]
Today in 1944, 69 years ago, American forces landed on Kwajalein Atoll et al. within the Marshall Islands. It has been a site of everything from the Nike-Zeus defense shield to the new Peacekeeper system. It was an epic battle. 373 Americans lost their lives, and ~7,400 Japanese. Then: Now: And here’s a false […]