I'm thinking of changing my name to Tristan de Night-Ouais.
Coffee and rain. A slow morning. Thank Heaven for noon Masses!
Found a paperback copy of Merton's Seeds of Contemplation (not New Seeds, the 1961 book, but Seeds, the 1949 version) at a library's book sale for $1.
Haven't blogged much this past week. I'd like to pledge to resume a brisker pace, but am fairly sure that the quiet stretches will continue for a while longer.
I was deeply amused, nay, delighted! by this post from Entropy (the part pertaining to the proper spelling/pronunciation of "Enbrethiliel"!). The power of song parodies! Just wait 'til you hear my song in praise of Pope Benedict to the tune of "Goldfinger"! Or have I already inflicted that ditty upon the eager and expectant masses?
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I'm thinking of changing my name to Tristan de Night-Ouais.
I had to laugh at that opening line.
Just wait 'til you hear my song in praise of Pope Benedict to the tune of "Goldfinger"!
Don't teas us like that; now you have to follow thru!
+JMJ+
Speaking of song parodies, my youngest brother has just discovered Weird Al Yankovic. He's trying to write some of his own now. It's nice to have a budding poet in the family . . .
Weird Al is a talent and a half!
BTW, my "Goldfinger" parody is fragmentary:
Ratzinger!
He's the man,
The man on the papal throne!
Dissenters groan!
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