The New Beginning

2008-07-24T19:50:00.000-07:00

John Zmirak talks about his experience with dating websites and courtship.

2008-07-24T19:36:00.000-07:00

New tool from Facebook extends its Web presence
Google launches rival to Wikipedia

via Drudge

In an era of peak energy, is the day of the Internet coming to a quick end?

2008-07-24T17:03:00.001-07:00

Hm. Negative review of X-Files @ AICN. (Beware, spoilers.)

If the spoilers are accurate, it's pretty bad. There may not be another X-Files movie returning to the alien storyline.

2008-07-24T17:01:00.000-07:00

Another Reason to Marry Young by Candice Watters
You've heard me talk about the benefits of early marriage: more good potential spouses to choose from, more time to start a family, less chance you're set in your ways, and more. But here's a reason I never thought of: fewer wrinkles.

AR: Post-peak politics

2008-07-24T17:00:00.001-07:00

Post-peak politics

John Michael Greer, The Archdruid Report

Peak oil is rapidly becoming the elephant in the living room of modern American politics. Can we begin a reasoned national discussion of the end of the petroleum, or is Weimar America headed for a disastrous repetition of the politics of scapegoating and avoidance?

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Al Gore's fantasy energy challenge

Dave Cohen , Energy Bulletin / ASPO-USA

Gore is like Moses, who has gone to the mountaintop to receive God's 11th commandment that thou shalt not burn fossil fuels. Unfortunately, our civilization was founded on the abundant energy fossil fuels offer. We can not simply undo that dependency in a decade as we near the top of a growth curve that was made possible by burning coal, oil and natural gas.

GL, Building hotbeds for your garden

2008-07-24T16:59:00.001-07:00

Building hotbeds for your garden

Gene Logsdon, Organic To Be

A hundred years ago, hotbeds were used profitably near large cities to grow two crops of lettuce through winter, and then a crop of bedding plants for setting on in the garden in spring. As long as horse manure was available, and of course it was in great quantities, these hotbeds produced lettuce at the rate of forty to fifty heads per 3 by 6-foot bed at far less cost than it takes today to ship lettuce from warm-winter states or raise it in greenhouses. Farmers near such cities as Boston and New York operated as many as a thousand beds, providing jobs for many people and making a good profit, with the expenditure of very little fossil fuel.

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What a hoot.

2008-07-24T16:27:00.000-07:00

Sean Hannity: "I'm a conservative, I'm not a Republican."

On today's show he showed some 'populist indignation' when a caller suggested that high gas prices might encourage us to try to kick our dependence upon oil, accusing him of wanting high prices in order to push a political agenda, and intending for the suffering of Americans. How typical of talk-radio bullying. I don't know if I would support the Fairness Doctrine, but I do think Republican talk radio has contributed to the dumbing down of discussion of politics among Americans.

2008-07-24T13:44:00.001-07:00

VII Bolivian Baroque and Renaissance Music Festival 2008

Santa Teresa de Los Andes

2008-07-24T13:33:00.000-07:00

Her feast day is July 13--I'll have to remember that for next year. Now if someone could write an icon for her...

website (biblio)
Teresa de Jesús de los Andes (1900-1920) - biography
Santuario Teresa de Los Andes

Some other links:
Saint Teresa Of Los Andes
St. Teresa de los Andes - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
O.C.D.S. St. Louis, MO - Teresa de los Andes letter 112

A devout Latina for you Sarge. heh.

Another interview with monks from Heiligenkreuz

2008-07-24T13:01:00.000-07:00

Time to practice some German!

Chant - Zu Gast bei Markus Lanz (Teil 1/2)

Chant - Zu Gast bei Markus Lanz (Teil 2/2)

Some more from Psallentes

2008-07-24T13:00:00.000-07:00

Gloria Patri (Gregorian Chant - Chant Group Psallentes)

Kyrie Rex Virginum

Verax est pater (Gregorian Chant - Chant Group Psallentes)

Laus et perhennis (Gregorian Chant - Chant Group Psallentes)

梁靜茹-會呼吸的痛MV

2008-07-24T12:59:00.001-07:00

Photos: The Dark Knight Premiere, Barcelona, London, & New York

2008-07-24T12:27:00.000-07:00

Dark colors--then again it is a nighttime premiere.

BARCELONA, SPAIN - JULY 23: Actor Christian Bale attends the premiere of 'The Dark Knight' at Coliseum Cinema on July 23, 2008 in Barcelona, Spain. (AP/Manu Fernandez)

British actor Christian Bale poses during a photocall for 'The Dark Knight' film in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Batman star Christian Bale has swept into Barcelona to attend a glittering Spanish premiere of "The Dark Knight." Bale came in a 15-car motorcade and appeared calm in the wake of allegations he assaulted his mother and one of his three sisters at a top London hotel. He did not speak to reporters and made no comment about the incident. (AP/Manu Fernandez)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - JULY 23: Actor Christian Bale and wife Sibi Bale attend the premiere of 'The Dark Knight' at Coliseum Cinema on July 23, 2008 in Barcelona, Spain. (AP/Manu Fernandez)

British actor Christian Bale (L) and U.S. actors Maggie Gyllenhaal (C) and Aaron Eckhart pose during a photocall for "The Dark Knight" film in Barcelona July 23, 2008. (AP/Manu Fernandez)

From left to right: Productor Charles Roven, British actor Christian Bale, Director Christopher Nolan, US actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, and US actor Aaron Eckhart pose during a photocall for 'The Dark Knight' film in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Batman star Christian Bale has swept into Barcelona to attend a glittering Spanish premiere of "The Dark Knight." Bale came in a 15-car motorcade and appeared calm in the wake of allegations he assaulted his mother and one of his three sisters at a top London hotel. He did not speak to reporters and made no comment about the incident. (AP/Manu Fernandez)

US actor Aaron Eckhart poses during a photocall for 'The Dark Knight' film in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Batman star Christian Bale has swept into Barcelona to attend a glittering Spanish premiere of "The Dark Knight." Bale came in a 15-car motorcade and appeared calm in the wake of allegations he assaulted his mother and one of his three sisters at a top London hotel. He did not speak to reporters and made no comment about the incident. (AP/Manu Fernandez)

US actress Maggie Gyllenhaal poses during a photocall for 'The Dark Knight' film in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Batman star Christian Bale has swept into Barcelona to attend a glittering Spanish premiere of "The Dark Knight." Bale came in a 15-car motorcade and appeared calm in the wake of allegations he assaulted his mother and one of his three sisters at a top London hotel. He did not speak to reporters and made no comment about the incident. (AP/Manu Fernandez)

Dark colors again! Not that I'm complaining, I like dark colors.

British actor Christian Bale arrives for the European premiere of "The Dark Knight" in Leicester Square in central London July 21 2008. Bale, star of the latest Batman blockbuster, has been released on bail by British police after being questioned on allegations of assault, media reported July 22, 2008. Picture taken July 21, 2008. (Reuters)

This file picture taken on July 21, 2008 in London shows actor Christian Bale arriving at the European premiere of "The Dark Knight" directed by Christopher Nolan. Christian Bale was arrested on Tuesday July 22, 2008 by detectives investigating claims he assaulted two family members. Bale, 34, is alleged to have lashed out at his mother and sister in his suite at Park Lane's Dorchester Hotel on Sunday. (AFP/Getty)

US actress Maggie Gyllenhall arrives at the European premiere of the latest film in the Batman superhero film franchise, "The Dark Knight" directed by Christopher Nolan, on July 21, 2008. The film sees Christian Bale return as Batman with the late Heath Ledger playing his nemesis "The Joker". The film opens across the UK from the 24th of July. (AFP/Getty)

New York City:

Actor Christian Bale (R) and his wife Sibi Blazic pose for photographers as they arrives for the premiere of the film The Dark Knight in New York, July 14, 2008. (Reuters)

NEW YORK - JULY 14: Actor Christian Bale (R) and his wife Sibi Blazic attend the world premiere of "The Dark Knight" at AMC Loews Lincoln Square - IMAX on July 14, 2008 in New York City. (Getty Images for Belstaff)

Actors (L-R) Chin Han, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman pose for photographers during the premiere of the film The Dark Knight in New York, July 14, 2008. (Reuters)

NEW YORK - JULY 14: (L-R) Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Christian Bale, and Maggie Gyllenhaal attend the world premiere of "The Dark Knight" at AMC Loews Lincoln Square - IMAX on July 14, 2008 in New York City. (Getty Images for Belstaff)

Actor Christian Bale, left, and actress Maggie Gyllenhaal attend the world premiere of "The Dark Knight" at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on Monday, July 14, 2008 in New York. (AP/Evan Agostini)

Actors, from left, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Christian Bale and Maggie Gyllenhaal attend the world premiere of "The Dark Knight" at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on Monday, July 14, 2008, in New York.

Actors, from left, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale and Maggie Gyllenhaal attend the world premiere of "The Dark Knight" at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on Monday, July 14, 2008 in New York.

Actor Christian Bale attends the world premiere of "The Dark Knight" at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on Monday, July 14, 2008 in New York. (AP/Evan Agostini)

LAS VEGAS - MARCH 13: (L-R) Actor Christian Bale, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, and director Christopher Nolan pose arrive at Warner Bros. Pictures presentation of "The Big Picture '08" held at the Paris Las Vegas during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, March 13, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Getty)

Christian Bale, left, Maggie Gyllenhaal and director Christopher Nolan, right, arrive for the showcase of Warner Bros' upcoming films at the ShoWest held at the Paris hotel and casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, March 13, 2008. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

Actor Christian Bale poses for portrait in Las Vegas on Thursday, March 13, 2008. Bale stars in the upcoming film "The Dark Knight". (AP/Matt Sayles)

Christian Bale arrives for the showcase of Warner Bros' upcoming films at the ShoWest held at the Paris hotel and casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, March 13, 2008. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 19: Actor Christian Bale poses for a portrait during the 10th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on February 19, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California. (Getty Images)

2008-07-24T12:21:00.000-07:00

William Lind, On War #268: Evidence

of what is happening south of the border...

2008-07-24T12:10:00.000-07:00

via NLM: Usus Antiquior, a new journal devoted to the Gregorian rite and edited by Dr. Laurence Paul Hemming and Dr. Alcuin Reid.

Register your interest in the journal here (it does not obligate you to purchase a subscription).

A good supplement to the CIEL proceedings.

CIEL France
CIEL UK

2008-07-24T11:39:00.001-07:00

Zenit: 40 Years of "Humanae Vitae" (Part 1)

2008-07-24T11:36:00.001-07:00

Did having a single national currency have an impact on centralization and the destruction of local economies? (Or did it exacerbate regional rivalries?)

2008-07-24T11:27:00.000-07:00

Sermons by priests of the FSSP?

2008-07-24T11:16:00.001-07:00

Michael Shedlock, You Know The Banking System Is Unsound When....

Matt Schmucker, Physical Intimacy and the Single Man

2008-07-24T02:29:00.001-07:00

Physical Intimacy and the Single Man
by Matt Schmucker
What may be considered innocent — holding hands, putting an arm around her in the pew, some "light" kissing, long talks over Starbucks coffee — all send her the message that reads, "You're mine."

Solomon's Line on Premarital Sex
by John Thomas
The Bible doesn't specifically say premarital sex is wrong, does it?

2008-07-24T02:24:00.000-07:00

I don't visit The Smoking Gun often, but this story about a man who strangled his girlfriend after being inspired by Natural Born Killers strikes me as demonic.

via Drudge

Because we've got money to burn?

2008-07-24T02:15:00.000-07:00

BBC: Manned spaceship design unveiled, via Drudge

A possible joint project between the ESA and the Russian Space Agency, was it meant to be a competitor to NASA's Ares/Orion system (wiki: Ares & Project Constellation)? While I do not have hopes that the country as a whole will be able to switch over to solar energy, couldn't the money being spent on various space projects be used to solve the energy problem?

YouTube - Constellation: Ares and Orion

2008-07-24T01:06:00.001-07:00

Zenit: Cardinal Dias to Conference of Anglican Communion
"Mission, Social Justice and Evangelization"