by Jan Bear | Mar 4, 2004 | Uncategorized
Allow some time for this tour through the nuclear deadzone around the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine. The guide is a young woman named Lena, riding on a “kawasaki zzr 1100 cc sport touring motorcycle.” Here’s part of her introduction: The word...
by Jan Bear | Mar 4, 2004 | Uncategorized
A big thank you to Chrysostomos for this little Latin lesson: “Each finger had a special name: the thumb was called pollex, the next index, meaning ‘to point;’ and the middle finger was called infamis, meaning ‘infamous’ or...
by Jan Bear | Mar 3, 2004 | Uncategorized
Joanne Jacobs, whose blog I’m reading for the first but not last time tonight, has a great post on boring history texts. She quotes a Fordham Institute reviewer as saying: The books reviewed in this report range from serviceable to abysmal. None is distinguished...
by Jan Bear | Mar 3, 2004 | Uncategorized
Intrepid editor Alex is in fine form this week with Controversy looms at Orthodox channel over new reality show. The show, which I’ve been waiting to see, is Who Wants to Marry a Seminarian? Marie follow up at St. Sergius of Radonezh Center, and I’ve...
by Jan Bear | Mar 3, 2004 | Uncategorized
The Onion | Jesus Demands Creative Control Over Next Movie
by Jan Bear | Mar 2, 2004 | Uncategorized
I keep thinking I’ve overdone this Passion question, but I owe it to the Greek Archdiocese to say how much I appreciate its official statement on the film, especially after excoriating the the Metropolis of Chicago for this statement earlier this week....