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Linkfest 2022-12-31: Auld Lang Syne
With the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, it seemed appropriate to re-visit John J. Reilly’s review of Richard McBrien’s Lives of the Popes.
John's essay isn't really a review of McBrien's book, it is more along the lines of an attempt
Jolly Old Saint Nick
Linkfest 2022-11-25: Lost Cities
Cracked: The Real Time The USSR Tried To Visit A Magical City
It wasn’t just the Nazis who were obsessed with the strategic implications of the occult.
19FortyFive: Read H. P. Lovecraft To Understand War
Weirdness, then, is about presence—the presence of something freaky and possibly otherworldly in
Linkfest 2022-11-18: Solar Snakes
I am reminded of Frederik Pohl’s The World at the End of Time or Fenton Wood’s Nightland Racer.
AZCentral: Saudi firm has pumped Arizona groundwater for years without paying. Time to pony up
Former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt and former State Land Commissioner Robert Lane turn up a
Post-Roman City of Medieval Europe
Frazettan Jesus
"Christ"
Oil painting by Frank Frazetta
Personal gift to Frank's wife Ellie.
http://www.frazettamuseum.com/