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Darwin's Recent Reading
With the Catholic News sites discussing the Vatican's move to reform the LCWR, I pulled this slim volume written back in 1986 off the shelf to re-read. It's a quick and amusing read: a satirical view of the breakdown and renewal of reli...
by Henry James
I'd never read any Henry James before, though I did see the Nicole Kidman movie adaptation of Portrait of a Lady some years ago because... well, because it was a costume drama with Nicole Kidman in it.
This was one of those novels I ...
by Evelyn Waugh
If you, like me, have been reared on tales of the second World War as the just and virtuous struggle of the "greatest generation", Evelyn Waugh's arch novels (based loosely on his own war experiences) are an important and darkly enjoyabl...
by Jane Austen
This was the first time in some years that I've re-read this Austen novel, one of the quieter and shorter ones, but one which has ranked among my favorites. It was striking me, on this pass, that it rather shows the effects of having be...
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This is awesome! I love the clever combining of the two...
As I recall, it said on the site that the cartoons and quotes were randomized, but I dunno...
For example, we have one on the bulletin board that shows Jeffy, buck nekkid in an enormous puddle of water beside the bathtub, with his mother glowering at him. The quote is:
"He who is punished is never he who performed the deed. He is always the scapegoat."
C,
This is what happened the last time I played around with the Nietzsche Family Circus. Some of these I still laugh about.
I love this one too.
Peanuts with no words at all is also strikingly different.
Joel
I'd have to find it, but the Garfield Without Garfield strips turned out to be much funnier than the original cartoon -- in a dark and existential kind of way.
Garfield Minus Garfield. Always love that site.
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