Brian Wilson contributed to my religious awakening and offered me two unexpected gifts: a joyful attentiveness to beauty and a vision of spiritual accompaniment. --LuElla D'Amico hubs.la/Q03F5qxh0

How the Chinese consulate in New York has unseated multiple city and state level politicians they do not like

Sailors aboard HMS Rodney receiving a 16-inch shell from an ammunition ship, 1940. #History #WWII

theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

This is so F’ed up. Here is a bit of insight on how much this area matters to the community: if you know PCH from Pacific Palisades to Malibu, you will recall the ocean view mobile homes, which have been there since before my grandparents bought their first Palisades home. Real

Spending lots of money on new trains that don’t go faster… boy I dunno. nytimes.com/2025/08/29/tra…

In one of my favourite ever cock-ups, this episode was broadcast unedited overseas. Thousands of Australian pre-school children were duly told that "spiders were very small and can't possibly hurt you." youtu.be/_FdvrbGsGpQ?si…

Saw this and thought of Surprised Eel Historian, PhD theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…

unemployed beags freeloading on labor day

The homily of Fr. Dennis Zehren on Saturday, August 30th School Auditorium of the Church of the Annunciation

Teaching an Aristotelian ethics seminar this term, starting with Nicomachean Ethics Book I. It's just such a great text for many students. It's got the big "what's the purpose of life?" question at its core, but also dense and rich argumentation. Philosophy! (1)

Leanda de Lisle Dr Barendina Smedley The Prince of Wales feathers feature on the regimental crest: lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk/south-lancashi…

A cafe called “The Good Habit” could be opened on St Giles by the monastic Catholic hall of Blackfriars. The ground floor site, a bank until 2018, is currently vacant. Blackfriars is one of two Catholic “permanent private halls” at the University of Oxford.

Just guys being dudes being saints

3 year old is starting a new tradition where we all read “our own books” together at the end of the evening. Awesome. Love it. Problem is I don’t get to pick which book I read. So tonight I was given a choice between _The Cat in the Hat_, or Kuhn’s _The Essential Tension_.

Always love the mix of old and new architecture in cities. Boston is beautiful for this. Love the way they blended the new steel and glass buildings with the reddish brick and stone ones.

St. Pier Giorgio Frassati and St. Carlo Acutis show us that holiness is for everyone, and the happiness that God wants for us is within our grasp. The life of heaven is our goal, and this life prepares us for eternal life. The more we align ourselves with Jesus and show that we

wondering if there is a paint color you could paint a bookshelf where the acid green of vintage loebs would look really good