The Coracle "sermo liber vita ipsa"

Occasional Holy Man and Luthier Who Offers Stray, Provocative, and Insouciant Thoughts About Religion, Archaeology, Human Foible, Surfing, and Interesting People. Thalassophile. Nemesis of all Celebrities [except for Chuck Norris]. He Lives Vicariously Through Himself. He has a Piece of Paper That Proves He's Laird of Glencoe.

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Sound Familiar?

Early in life I have noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper, but in Spain, for the first time, I saw newspaper repo...

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

It's Moving Day

Well, it's finally happened. We're moving to a whole new host, address, and service. Once Blogger dumped my side links to the b...

Coincidentally, Those are the States Where I'm Looking for My Next Job

COVID cases trending down, states without lockdowns do better Related: Every day you’re hearing an updated tally of the number of Ameri...

The New Lost Generation

The impact of the shutdown varies from generation to generation. There are high schoolers here, for example, who won’t have a senior prom, o...

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Needlehooks

The CDC was Fighting Racism and Obesity Instead of Stopping Epidemics

Another Good Question

The Face Mask Debate Reveals a Scientific Double Standard: No one complained about the lack of evidence for 20-second hand-washing. So why...

Good Question

Through plagues and wars, even through upheaval and revolution, there has never been an Easter like this one. The day marks the single most ...

Monday, April 13, 2020

Descolada #6

Kentucky cops to record churchgoers’ license plates to enforce coronavirus quarantines

Hey, Leave My Amish Bros Alone

Authorities Investigate Illicit Amish Wedding in Sleepy Ohio Hamlet, Population 3,220 Meanwhile, Muslim congregations are allowed to worsh...

Now, Some Lighter Fare

10 Underappreciated Classic Mysteries

The People Shouting "Healthcare is a Right!" Seem Kind of Quiet on This One

Elderly coronavirus patients could be denied critical care under NHS 'score' system designed to free up ICU beds for those most like...

Needlehooks

These are the folk who have the power in our present social dispensation to tell us what we must do and even what we must think, and they ha...

Decolada #5: More Law Enforcement

In Liverpool, England, about 20 police officers descended on the Hot Water Comedy Club to close down a show being held in violation of ban o...

Our Country is Toilet Paper Weird

It's even a news story. Granted, it's cable news with some very serious soy product guy, but still....

Descolada #4: Law Enforcement Version

Colorado Police 'Deeply Sorry' for Arresting Father Caught Playing Ball With His Daughter In an Empty Park "Deeply authoritar...

A Pungent Question

How is it that all of these politicians and media TV darlings are sporting their usual haircuts and I look like someone just rescued from a ...

A Pungent Observation

Computer models aren't reality.

Sunday, April 12, 2020

That Does It, I’m Opening a Speakeasy

Daily coronavirus updates: Schools in Connecticut will stay closed through May 20, and bars and restaurants too, but new COVID-19 hospitaliz...

Not Too Much Time, Actually

Time will tell if the shutdown orders have been an overreaction, and if church leaders have been too easily convinced to cancel services. Th...

Just in Case the NYT Decides to Paint Itself as the True Hero in All of This

To be fair, they have a lot of Chinese advertisers. To quote Confucius, "You must always listen to the voice that feeds you.&qu...

Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Genius

Pennsylvania Has Made It Both Difficult and Dangerous to Buy Liquor: The state has shut down all liquor stores, leading customers to crow...

Authoritarian Descolada in the Comics

Hymn: Crucifixus pro Nobis by Patrick Cary [17th century English]

CHRIST IN THE CRADLE Look , how he shakes for cold! How pale his lips are grown! Wherein his limbs to fold Yet mantle has he none. His...

Continuing Descolada

I can’t decide which is the more dispiriting element of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic; the fact that so many local authorities in America a...

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Sorry, Couldn't Resist

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

The Great Triduum Lockdown Now Begins

Sorry, regular readers, but as you know, once the sun sets on Holy Wednesday, my attentions are diverted. Even in this singular year, I'...

Quarantine Seems to Be Capricious

Disaster in motion: Where flights from coronavirus-ravaged countries landed in US Interesting note: This story originally appeared on the ...

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