http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog This and that, now and then. Mostly book reviews, with the occasional descent into whimsy Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:30:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So happens I'm off on a business trip this week, to the wilds of New Mexico, where they make sopapillas! I ought not be eating sopapillas on my diet, but you can't get them here, and I haven't had one since a brief sojourn in Santa Fé eight years ... http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1546 I've been using MarsEdit daily since I first wrote about it last week, and I have to say it's working for me. It's been absolutely bullet-proof, with no unpleasant surprises at all. That post did get a comment from one of the Ecto maintainers, asking me to e-mail him so ... http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1545 This slim is a collection of questions asked of the Pope during various public meetings, along with the Pope's off-the-cuff answers. The questioners range from small children just making their First Communion to youths preparing for World Youth Day to diocesan priests (by far the largest group). The ... http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1544 This post by Fr. Dwight Longenecker is as good an explanation of the structural problems within Anglicanism today as anything I've read. The decision-making process is so thoroughly political that losers in the political process never consider that the Holy Spirit is leading the church in the opposite direction. ... http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1543 Now, I'm a big Terry Pratchett fan. I've been reading Terry Pratchett since his second Discworld book, back in the early 1980's. I have bunches of his books in hardcover. I've read most of them aloud to Jane. I like Terry Pratchett's stuff. And yet, until just ... http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1542 I'm trying some new blogging software, a package called MarsEdit. For a long time now I've been moving back and forth between the built-in WordPress interface and a Mac app called Ecto. I like Ecto; it gives me a WYSIWYG view of the post, and lets me edit ... http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1541 This life of St. Dominic was first published in 1857 in England; apparently it remains one of the best lives of St. Dominic in the English language, though it has its blind spots. In 1857, it was understood by everyone that the Rosary was given to St. Dominic by the ... http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1540 As I've got a few unexpected minutes to hand, I'm going to post some of the links I've been enjoying. Today is the 100th anniversary of the Tunguska Event. Michael Cleverly has (page 42 of) the story. The Practicing Catholic has some good words on the virtue of obedience. My ... http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1539 Fellow-Tcl'er and bookstore investigator Michael Cleverly has started a new blog, Wisdom from the 42nd Page. He plans to "taste-test" three books a day, giving a slight bit of info about each, and showing the entire 42nd page. He writes about his motivations at his old blog. ... http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1538 Although I'm pretty much just a spectator at this point, this is still good to see. The participants in the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), a meeting of orthodox Anglicans from around the world that was held in Jerusalem this past week, have released a statement that amounts to ... http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/1537