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Dave's Books: January 2009
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Books and other interesting topics: the Catholic faith, novels, mysteries, fantasies. Sunday, January 4, 2009. Advancing Reproductive Rights and Health in a New Administration". Such is the title of the President-elect's change.gov. Page on "reproductive rights" (code phrase for abortion (code phrase for baby-killing) . The web site is: http:/ change.gov/open government/entry/advancing reproductive rights and health in a new administration. Here is my own comment:. Links to this post. Is asking for paid ...
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Dave's Books: A witness for confession
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Books and other interesting topics: the Catholic faith, novels, mysteries, fantasies. Sunday, March 21, 2010. A witness for confession. What can I say about confession that hasn't already been said? Protestant arguments against it are well known; so are the Catholic apologetics in its defense. Anyone who's interested can drown themselves in rhetoric and argument. Now, I confess (almost) every week; certainly every other week. My most serious sin is by and large behind me; God's grace has lifted me fr...
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Dave's Books: September 2009
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Books and other interesting topics: the Catholic faith, novels, mysteries, fantasies. Sunday, September 27, 2009. Aquinas, Ambler, Dante, Connelly, Baur. I am a creature of habit. Especially during the work week, I do the same things at the same time almost every day. And I read books according to the time of day. Over breakfast I read the Summa Theologica. Over lunch I usually read a work-related book, currently " The Object Primer: Agile Model-Driven Development with UML 2.0. By Michael Connelly, part ...
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Dave's Books: July 2009
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Books and other interesting topics: the Catholic faith, novels, mysteries, fantasies. Monday, July 6, 2009. Stretching a metaphor until it breaks. I baked two loaves of bread last weekend. They turned out great, thanks to Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book. But that's not the point of this post. A few minutes after I began kneading the bread, I realized it was very hard to work with. Then I looked up and saw the bowl of yeast on my counter. not in the dough I was kneading, where it should have been! The yeast i...
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Dave's Books: June 2009
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Books and other interesting topics: the Catholic faith, novels, mysteries, fantasies. Tuesday, June 23, 2009. My diocese moves priests on a regular schedule. Pastors typically stay at a parish for 6 years (or maybe 10 - I forget). Parochial vicars (all priests other than the pastor) generally stay for 2 years. At my parish our two parochial vicars came two years ago; so on July 1 they are moving on, and two new parochial vicars arrive. Links to this post. Wednesday, June 17, 2009. By A Lee Martinez.
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Dave's Books: May 2007
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Books and other interesting topics: the Catholic faith, novels, mysteries, fantasies. Thursday, May 24, 2007. This book is so interesting, so packed with insight, so clearly written, that like "The City of God" I recommend it for all Christian readers. Just today I read beautiful chapters on the Church, the nature of revelation, and the meaning of the little child parables ("unless you become as a little child."). I wish I had time to write in detail on all of it! Links to this post. Monday, May 21, 2007.
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Dave's Books: An Outcast of the Islands
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Books and other interesting topics: the Catholic faith, novels, mysteries, fantasies. Thursday, June 4, 2009. An Outcast of the Islands. S second novel, published in 1886. Another of my favorites) owes something to Conrad as well. Listening to Conrad's novel Nostromo. On CD was a peak experience of my reading life. An Outcast of the Islands" depiction of obsession and alienation is so intense that I actually had to stop reading it. But I'm not eloquent enough to explain Conrad's appeal. His sentences...
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Dave's Books: May 2009
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Books and other interesting topics: the Catholic faith, novels, mysteries, fantasies. Thursday, May 28, 2009. Is the 17th and last in Rankin's series featuring Detective Inspector John Rebus. Needless to say I've read all 17; just finished Exit Music last weekend. Just recently I wrote about the mini-depression that comes from finishing a great book. How much worse it is to finish a great series! But the same sense of life and struggle. And now it's all over. no more Rebus! Links to this post. I have bee...
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Dave's Books: The Bostonians
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Books and other interesting topics: the Catholic faith, novels, mysteries, fantasies. Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Last weekend I finished An Outcast of the Islands. How exhilarating it is to finish a great book, and how depressing to realize there is no more of said great book to read! I am moving on to an author I'm still struggling with. I loved Henry James. Book "Washington Square." But I didn't like "The Turn of the Screw" at all. And I've started a few other of his books, and not gotten very far.
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