I still hang out on Twitter sometimes. Right now there are people losing their minds over Greta Gerwig’s forthcoming Narnia movie, which will feature Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan. Not really the way I envisioned Aslan, but I’m fine with it. Gerwig clearly has a vision she wants to explore, and I’d ratherContinue reading “The Madness of God-King Donald”
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Archons and Pentacostines: An Exegesis
There’s an amusing Tweet I’ve seen the last few years about hardcore Catholic converts that amuses me in a dark, sarcastic way. You’ve probably seen it, too. Let’s do some exegesis here. “Archon” is a Greek term meaning “ruler.” So, a ruler of Constantinople. But this ruler is writing an “epistle on the… eucharist,” soContinue reading “Archons and Pentacostines: An Exegesis”
Long Journey, Small Steps, That Sort of Thing
I saw this while scrolling through Twitter a few days ago… No, Alfin. My coding journey began here. Yes, the venerable Timex Sinclair 1000. With its membrane keyboard, 2 kilobytes of memory internal, and a 16 kilobyte external memory pack. A RF switch for connecting to the television. A heavy DC power adapter that gotContinue reading “Long Journey, Small Steps, That Sort of Thing”
Dropping an Author
While doomscrolling the apocalypse on Twitter this afternoon, I saw this intriguing Tweet… G.F. Allen, I don’t know who you are, but since you asked… Yes. I have finished a book and vowed never to read another word by the writer. There’s even a case where I have an autographed book by the author, asContinue reading “Dropping an Author”
Thoughts on the “Rogue” Government Twitter Accounts
In the last week Twitter has exploded with “rogue” government Twitter accounts, accounts that purport to be “employees… disgruntled by moves the [Trump] administration has made to tamp down on these agency’s abilities to spread their messages… and have taken to Twitter to resist Trump’s authoritarianism.” There are even some (I know of three) thatContinue reading “Thoughts on the “Rogue” Government Twitter Accounts”