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HP7 Spoilers

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Just a warning to anyone who wants to send me spoilers:

SENDING ME **ANYTHING** RELATED TO HP7 BEFORE JULY 28TH WILL CAUSE ME TO INFLICT SUFFERING OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS UPON YOU.

Just so we’re clear…

Culture Meme of Sorts

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Tagged by Pisco…

  1. Name a book that you want to share so much that you keep giving away copies. What’s So Amazing About Grace? by Phillip Yancey
  2. Name a piece of music that changed the way you listen to music. “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” by Bach — one of the first pieces of music where I felt a spiritual connection
  3. Name a film you can watch again and again without fatigue. I’m not a film person so I really don’t have one. I don’t even Tivo movies I like. (I know… I’m weird.)
  4. Name a performer for whom you suspend all disbelief. There really isn’t one.
  5. Name a work of art youâ????d like to live with. El Greco’s View of Toledo
  6. Name a work of fiction which has penetrated your real life. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
  7. Name a punch line that always makes you laugh. Can’t think of one.

Tagged: Whoever wants to do this…

Home and Book Reviews

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I’ve been home since the afternoon of the 4th. We didn’t have a working furnace for 2 days but that’s thankfully fixed. (I’m also thankful that the weather didn’t drop too much below freezing — the house stayed around 58F but that’s better than 0F.)

Here’s an entry I wrote on the 1st from my in-law’s house:

I just finished The New Faithful by Colleen Carroll and it was lovely. I had heard of the book a few years ago from my father-in-law who was commenting on the fact that there was an increase in young adults doing things like Eucharistic adoration. Having seen all these things, I resolved to get my paws on the book and read it. Well… 3 years later, I’m down here in southern California and I have that chance. I read the book and I could actually picture quite a few of my friends in the descriptions they gave. (One person in the book is someone with whom I am familiar — Eve Tushnet.) I have good friends in real life and online (ahem… Victoria!!!) who are heavily into Eucharistic adoration and who were big proponents of it in college. I was also one of the people in college who wanted something concrete and who returned to my liturgical roots. In fact, I’m kind of wishing that I had a more staunch liturgical community near me because liturgy is what feeds me. It’s kind of too bad that the denomination that I’m closest to worship-wise is too liberal for me politically.

My Night Has Just SOOOOOO Improved!!!!

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Getting the podcast up has been like herding cats tonight.Â? I get stuff recorded and the files get corrupted.Â? I finally had to just save it every time I’d get a segment recorded and then import it as an MP3.Â? Oh yeah… there’s also that potential stress fracture in my right foot so I can’t exactly pace the floor.
I finally opened my email after two hours of this (for a 20 minute podcast!!!!!) and found that…

CHARLENE ANN BAUMBICH COMMENTED ON ONE OF MY ENTRIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMGWTFBBQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Â? *squees for 5 minutes straight while hopping up and down on my good foot*

That just soooo redeemed my night let alone my day!!!!
Thank you so much Charlene!!!!

A Book Suggestion for Mitford Fans

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If you like Jan Karon’s books about Mitford and Father Tim, you need to read the Dearest Dorothy books.? I was introduced to them last year when I got them out of a box of books that Mom had brought me 6 months earlier and I had to order #4 when it came out.? I just got #5 today and devoured it.? I’m re-reading it of course but seriously… it’s a good series.

I’m also really impressed with how accurately Charlene Ann Baumbich (the author) portrays small town life.Â? I can actually see everything happening having lived in a town of comparable size and she even portrayed the thoughts of the pastor’s wife accurately.

So put these on your wishlist for Christmas! They are soooo worth reading!!!