SSpX clearly never watched the Untouchables…”He pulls a knife, you pull a gun!”

As someone who was alive for #Bicentennial1976 (I was a young lad) thought I'd share this story that involves the Daughters of the American Revolution and my no-nonsense grandmother. 1/5

Fireworks dog …

Concluded my "Gettysburg" rewatch, noticed two plot holes 1) where does CThomas Howell find time to shave his non-mutton chop facial hair 2) for a movie supposed to take place in sweltering July heat there's hardly any sweating John Carpenter's The Thing has more sweating & it's set in Antarctica.

Public Service Announcement for this 4th of July Weekend: “A Gettysburg Christmas” by Hallmark is NOT a sequel to the 1995 “Gettysburg” My Hallmark review: “This movie could have benefited from more bayonets.”

Ranking the facial hair in "Gettysburg" 1) Sam Elliott's mustache will always be #1 in anything 2) Jeff Daniels 3) Pickett 4) C. Thomas Howell 5) Annoying British visitor guy (hate him and his stache) Not ranked: Sheen/Lee's beard is too normie and Berenger/Longstreet too obviously fake

My diocese has bishop election coming so I'm workshopping questions for candidates. What I've got so far If there was an Episcopal Purge, with no rubrics or canons in effect for 24 hours, what's the first one you'd break? If you saw a giraffe in your backyard, what's the first thing you'd do?

Doing my annual Gettysburg rewatch and basically this is the whole movie...Union is Obi-Wan, Confederates are Anakin. Sam Elliott says it basically in the first 5 minutes.

Da Pope B All Like

Maybe this is a good time to point out Benedict XVI lifted the prior excommunications despite the fact that the SSPX bishop at the time was an open and public holocaust denier? In addition to being schismatic, they also reject Vatican II's condemnation of Christian anti-Semitism.

Happy Little Round Top Eve to those who celebrate remember to leave out bayonets and a mustache comb for Jeff Daniels.

In a meeting today on the role of AI in theological education I began my comment by saying "Well I think the Butlerian Jihad might be relevant here..." #Dune #RiseofTheMachines

Scheduled an appointment with my dentist's office and they told me they had an appointment at 4:20 available so I said "Niiiiice, tasty" and they looked at me kind of startled.

People often say I look like my dad, but clearly the man had style I cannot hope to match. #FathersDay

Got my World Cup national team jersey ready to go! Wakanda Forever! #worldCup2026

Turns out I had 1-across wrong in today's Boston Globe mini crossword I will not stand for this "Waterfalls" erasure.

Outdoor movie night with Strange Brew with the McKenzie Brothers as the main feature

Russians bombed the Dormition Cathedral at Pechersk Monastery, a UNESCO world heritage site and one of the most sacred places in Slavic Orthodox Christianity. Not even the Soviets dared mess with it. Me in 2016 in happier times, just climbed bell tower next to Cathedral. In flames last night.

Just saw this parked in town and thought “Well there are thunderstorms forecast for tonight…” 1.21 gigawatts!!!

When I was a sophomore my room had a lock w/ combo I had hard time remembering (no cell phones!) but combo was 5 digits so I set numbers to alien sound in Close Encounters and years later I still know that code is 2-5-1-3-4 so thank you Stephen Spielberg. Also I saw Disclosure Day and it is good.

Department of Defense religious codes…where to start? -United Church of Christ listed as Church of Christ, which is historical & theological nonsense; -Messianic Judaism is listed w/ Judaism, which is an insult to actual Jews -Orthodox Judaism is listed as a branch of Orthodox Christianity … wow.

Dan Simmons, Hyperion / Fall of Hyperion

One book I read more than once between ages 10-14 was Little Women, which is about of young women in the 1860s and I was a dude in the 1980s at the time. Stop underestimating young people's ability to connect with older lit!!!

Introduce yourself with 10 artists you’ve seen live: The Clancy Brothers The Village People (4 times) Public Enemy The Pogues They Might Be Giants Fishbone Dinosaur Jr Wilco Dar Williams The Waterboys

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I only get to wear my funny hat one day a year - it’s Commencement! About to hand out some sick AF diplomas.

Found this collection of rings in the seminary archives and someone asked if I was interested in taking one and I was like “I read this book once about a guy giving out free rings to people and I think I’ll pass…”

Wow another time the Simpsons called it…

Ok a deep cut but important - what if Theodosius I had not been thrown from his horse in 450, Chalcedon in 451 was never called, and there was no schism? We’d all be monophysites and a more united empire might have held off extent of Muslim conquest.

Current mood these days...the great Jason Isaacs as Marshall Zhukov from the criminally overlooked "Death of Stalin"

Kurosawa, Seven Samurai!

I studied Ancient Greek and Latin and have a PhD in early/medieval history and theology. This is literally one of the few situations I was made for. Go big or go home: I’d either be an Archbishop or be executed as a heretic.

Ah, the joy that comes from running downstairs, opening my fireproof lockbox in the basement, and seeing that that my passport is valid through 2031. I also found a copy of our birth certificates to prove I'm a citizen and my son is a citizen from birth which depressingly may also come in handy.

how has your day been mine has Jason Isaacs as Marshall Zhukov in "Death of Stalin" vibe

First nice spring day…dog sleeping in the sun.

“Rhythm” The word itself is an unrepentant orthographic abomination.

A copy of “Teachings of Marx For Girls and Boys,” the Communist Sunday school curriculum created in the 1930s by the Rt Rev William M. Brown, the first, last, and only [Morgan Freeman narrator voice: “So far…”] Episcopal Church bishop to be formally deposed for heresy.

Me to time traveler from 2016: Sports are on 14 different streaming platforms. Them: I bet Amazon and Netflix invested in production values. Me: No, games look terrible. Them: All those extra channels means more women and bipoc broadcasters? Me: Also no. Plus it costs more. Them: goes back to 2016.

Mark [Jesus rushes around "immediately" does everything, then dies, ends on CLIFFHANGER] Luke [Jesus cinematic universe with Acts] Matthew [so much gnashing of teeth] John [Jesus, my dude, shut up every now and then] And fwiw fave non canonicals next 1/2

Wait till someone tells him even old New York was once New Amsterdam. [fwiw current Turkish administration has increasingly made life difficult for Christians, restarted worship at Hagia Sophia after it had been a museum for decades and Blue Mosque, a huge active mosque, is literally across street.]

Had a meeting canceled so was excited to dig into a project I haven't had time to do and then suddenly realized this is the Old Person version of 25-year-old me finding $20 in the pocket of an old coat. Unexpected found time is better than unexpected found money! I'm OLD.

Just a regular reminder gambling was incredibly heavily regulated for the 20th century because it corrupts everything and apparently our historically myopic society is going to learn these lessons all over again www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

This is like saying St Patrick was sent as a missionary bishop to the Irish Free State. Turkey didn’t exist in the 3rd century as a political entity for the main reason there were no Turks there at the time. Using thaumaturge…damn, no notes, that’s a baller move.

“And unanimously has that election, and most happily has that consecration, been effected.” Journal of the 1823 General Convention of the Episcopal Church describing the election and ordination of John Ravenscroft as 1st bishop of diocese of North Carolina.

Creator of Archie comics is from town next door to mine and there’s a statue to commemorate that and…it will haunt your dreams.

WFNX 101.7 in Boston alt rock radio Hydrox cookies close 2nd

My uncle once told me no funeral and I said “What are you gonna do about it, you’ll be dead and if you haunt me I’ll go exorcist on you.” Then we laughed and I told him the funeral is also about those who grieve and love you, not just about you. So we eventually agreed to an acceptable service…

This is what happens at 6:32am and the walk is already an unacceptable two minutes late.

No coincidence that I came across the street sign for my morning walk on 4/20? #Nice #420