Over the last month and a half I’ve been changing medications again. I was putting on so much weight with the previous regime and feeling — how to put it — a little too detached. They might have helped manage the pain and anxiety and adrenaline poisoning but I kept realising how little care they …
Category Archives: Thoughts
Something, Very Belated, for Ignatius' Day
The 31st of July seems well past but maybe there is still time to remember Inigo with a link to Thinking Faith and a fine article by Ron Darwen: “Will the Real Ignatius Please Stand Up?“. James Hanvey’s appreciation of Prince Caspian, “Waiting for Aslan“, also caught my eye.
Whedonesque
If, as I am, you are a fan of all things Whedon you might like to check out Dr Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog. Genius!
Oops… Ever-So-Slightly Fifty…
It’s not as if you do anything to make it happen but all of a sudden here it is — 50! So far the day is turning out a lot of fun…
Feeling So Very Forty-Nine
Wooo hoooo!
Once
I saw the film ‘Once‘ tonight. Very moving. Here’s a clip with the Oscar-winning song. Glen Hansard – Falling Slowly I don’t know you But I want you All the more for that Words fall through me And always fool me And I can’t react And games that never amount To more than they’re meant …
Site Outage…
Apologies for the mess the site has been in for the last 18 hours. A mangled .htaccess file (who knows how?) made the site inaccessible and then to compound problems I was locked out of ftp so I couldn’t put things right.
I Have a New Boss
The Society of Jesus has a new General Superior, Fr Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish-born but for many years living in Japan.
Thinking Faith
Peter Scally, SJ and Jesuit Media Initiatives have just unveiled another venture. After pray-as-you-go comes ThinkingFaith — the online journal of the British Jesuits — a mix of articles, book and film reviews. It’s been online for just 3 hours right now — give it a look.
Homeboy
A friend sent me a newspaper cutting today–from the The Observer a few weeks back–about the work of Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ in LA with gang members. When I was in California I used to visit Greg’s community and he always impressed the hell out of me. Father Greg Boyle keeps a grim count of …