After mourning, action 18 Dec 2012 | 12:18 am

"The NRA is a mighty thing. But as mighty as it is, it is no match for the political power of the 'parent lobby' in this country. If we parents ever decided to take a stand between our children and th...

SHAME 28 Feb 2012 | 08:04 am

I said I would blog. I have not blogged. But here is an image from a medieval manuscript of monkeys on stilts (which I found googling images for "medieval illumination shame").

a return? 14 Feb 2012 | 10:03 am

Liam and some others vowing to blog more. It has been almost two years since my last blog post, and that one was only a complaint about being busy and a photo of a stave church. It's quite something ...

I am so busy... 22 Apr 2010 | 10:30 am

... but Stave churches are so cool:

The Feast of the Holy Innocents 29 Dec 2009 | 06:13 am

Cornelis van Haarlam, Massacre of the Holy Innocents, 1590. Today is the feast of the Holy Innocents, commemorating Herod's massacre of infants as described in Matthew 2:16-18. I just wanted to share...

Merry Christmas Everyone! 25 Dec 2009 | 03:08 pm

random cool picture 5 Dec 2009 | 02:48 am

From fons veritatis, Pope Sixtus IV appoints Bartolomeo Platina prefect of the Vatican Library, fresco by Melozzo da Forlì, c. 1477 (Vatican Museums). Teaching has rendered me with no time to blog --...

this is why I always feed her when she demands food... 30 Nov 2009 | 11:02 am

h/t The Quack Doctor.

it's official 22 Oct 2009 | 10:01 am

Sorry blog activity has been nil... I have been very busy with classes. But! I have an announcement: October degrees were conferred by Columbia today. I am officially a PhD.

amusing if it weren't terrifying 27 Sep 2009 | 04:40 am

Qaddafi would be hilarious if he didn't actually hold power over an entire country: "We want to know who killed [JFK]. Somebody by the name of Lee Harvey and then...another, Jack Ruby killed Lee Harv...