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New digs for ponderings about Levantine Christianity.
The interior of Saint Paul Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Harissa, Lebanon. I have decided to set up a Substack exploring Eastern Christi...
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Edward Feser is an admirable thinker and superb digital pugilist. He makes the Thomist case with considerable energy, and is a welcome read....
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A couple secrets, actually. The first is Lebanese and Syrian cooking. At our new Melkite parish, the Divine Liturgy has been followed by Len...
Culture?? For your Kids?! Funnery!!!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite movies. I used to watch it and Evil Dead II whenever I could. I used to enjoy watching one of them in a double feature with Man for All Seasons.
ReplyDeleteI've heard rumours that there is a plan afoot to remake Evil Dead II. I hope not. You don't mess with genius.
My brush with fame: I had Dr. Bill Vincent as my humanities professor at MSU. He just happened to be Sam Raimi's favorite film professor.
ReplyDeleteSo, I got to be taught all year by the voice from the tape in 'Evil Dead II'. You know, the one saying "I can't translate it yet, but the phonetic reading of the inscription is..." :)
(Apparently, he was supposed to be in the film, but had a conflict with a teaching sabbatical in London. Some people just have all the luck.)
peace,
Zach