Thursday, April 30, 2009

THE PRISONER Fact #7

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An unfortunate incident occurred on the outer perimeter when #34, a former Vatican superspy, tried to surrender to Rover in Latin.
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Pilgrimage Along the A1

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Mack Hall From Peterborough drops a road Across the Fens, into the past (Where wary wraiths still wear the woad); It comes to Chesterton at ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Saint Joseph the Just

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Mack Hall For Joe Burns, Father and Teacher Saint Joseph in a dreary winter night Took to himself a newborn not his own, Who yet is always h...

THE PRISONER -- Fact #6 About #6

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#6 is a STAR TREK man, and would not bother A, B, or C-ing to the galaxy next door to see a STAR WARS anything.
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Weak Tea

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Mack Hall The Boston Tea Party of 1773 is said to have been a reasonable protest against taxation without representation. The English view ...
Thursday, April 16, 2009

THE PRISONER Fact #5

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#6 is okay with corgis but is at heart a dachshund man.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Russians in Moc Hoa

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I read lots of Russian lit (in translation, of course) while in Viet-Nam Mack Hall Russians in Moc Hoa I understood poor, young Raskolnikov ...
Monday, April 13, 2009

Little Known Fact #4 About THE PRISONER

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#6 hides his Winnie-the-Pooh books unders his pillow. If #2 ever finds out...
Sunday, April 12, 2009

Ubi Petrus

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Mack Hall For Inky and Jason "Ubi Petrus, ibi Ecclesia." - St. Ambrose of Milan Where Peter was, there also was the Tomb -- Blood-...

Pontius Pilate's Pleynt

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Mack Hall My Caesar and my Empire have I served, A diplomatic functionary, true To distant duties, and never unnerved By greedy Greek or per...

Another Fact About THE PRISONER

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#6 would have rescued the Maersk Alabama but #2 strapped #6 to that aluminum see-saw in the control room and made him too sea-sick to go.

The Maersk Alabama Incident: One Shot, One Kill, One Million Lawsuits

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Mack Hall The brilliant rescue of Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama by the United States Navy leads one to wonder if the roari...
Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Fact #2 About THE PRISONER

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The control room staff don't give each other Secret Pal gifts.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Little Known Fact #1 About THE PRISONER

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#6 finally realized he could intimidate Rover by glaring at him in that head down / eyes up way he uses in the opening.
Sunday, April 5, 2009

History's Lost E-Mails - a Rebuttal to an Anonymous Committee of Merovingians

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Dear Anonymous Accuser:   Thank you for your note, the contents of which sound much like the block warden’s caution (“Your attitude is n...
Saturday, April 4, 2009

The Mirror of a Man

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The Mirror of a Man For Robin As his adventures continue A good knife is the mirror of a man, Carefully crafted by the Master’s hands, Forge...
Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Notre Dame and the Upside-Down Helmet

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Mack Hall You can talk of your Judge Judy and your high school principal and your mother-in-law, but you have never been truly judged and fo...
Sunday, March 22, 2009

The Grouchy Man's MeMeMeSpaceBookThingie

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Mack Hall About ME, ME, ME: Why do you care? Why would I care if you care? Get lost. MY, MY, MY Ten Favorite Movies: Read a book, dummy. ...
Sunday, March 15, 2009

Books as Kindling

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Mack Hall Amazon.com is selling its Kindle II, and most of us have never even seen its predecessor, the Kindle I. The Kindle is a small, lig...

Books as Kindling

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Mack Hall Amazon.com is selling its Kindle II, and most of us have never even seen its predecessor, the Kindle I. The Kindle is a small, l...