On a certain Lady at Court I KNOW a thing that 's most uncommon; (Envy, be silent and attend!) I know a reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, awed by rumour; Not grave through pride, nor gay through folly; An equal mixture of good-humour And sensible soft melancholy. 'Has … Continue reading poem of the day
Month: February 2016
The virtue spiral endgame?
Vpx is correct to call Trump a moderate, and the elite hate him, for he listens to the concerns of the non elite. He is a populist. My concern is that he will not allow a better structure to occur. The best system, in the west, is a republic of laws: where the Law is … Continue reading The virtue spiral endgame?
Live plain [I Cor 7]
The easiest way to manage in this vale of tears is to live frugally. Have a small apartment. Get your furniture from the charity shops. Have a few things: make do. Do not buy a good car. But... that is fairly easy if you are single. But not if you have kids. You start worrying … Continue reading Live plain [I Cor 7]
Poem of the day
This is topical, Julian O'Dea, and from his Facebook page. After visiting the confessional over many years, I now wonder if the priests should have been making their confession to me.
The unprotected want a Trump.
Glen Reynolds quoting Peggy Noonan, who hates the term elite, because the New Amsterdam Slimes, for which she works, is the journal of record for the elite. There are the protected and the unprotected. The protected make public policy. The unprotected live in it. The unprotected are starting to push back, powerfully. The protected are … Continue reading The unprotected want a Trump.
By God alone. Through God alone [John 5]
Today at church I walked into to see a pile of chairs held in mid air, and songs about those who were missing from the fellowship. Who had walked away from Christ, or never heard him. And how can these people be bought home. The children heard the minister going off (after deliberately starting a … Continue reading By God alone. Through God alone [John 5]
Poem of the day.
Written in Northampton County Asylum I AM! yet what I am who cares, or knows? My friends forsake me like a memory lost. I am the self-consumer of my woes; They rise and vanish, an oblivious host, Shadows of life, whose very soul is lost. And yet I am—I live—though I am toss'd Into the … Continue reading Poem of the day.
Feudalism is better than facebook.
Vox linked to this post about the USA. I would add that that same process occurs elsewhere: the establishment in the UK (and most of Europe is EU friendly, suspicious of isolation, and hates populists from Le Pen to Putin. Much of the lobbying and campaign funding is corporate and comes with strings attached. The … Continue reading Feudalism is better than facebook.
Ancient quote of the day.
This is Juvenal. The Satires. I think it still applies in the end of this age. We have times of corruption. We have had times of reformation. It is our misfortune to live in the former. When a soft eunuch takes to matrimony, and Maevia, with spear in hand and breasts exposed, to pig-sticking; when … Continue reading Ancient quote of the day.
Dealing with churchian frivorce. [I Cor 7]
I am divorced. I hate divorce. I hate the industry that has been made around divorce. To those of you who are married and havign difficulties, listen to the epxerience of those of us who have been through the living hell which is the family courts. Having a divorce will hurt. Financially, emotionally, spiritually. It … Continue reading Dealing with churchian frivorce. [I Cor 7]