Friday, December 9, 2005

A snow day for O and other children here.

John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
—Matthew 11:18–19

Each saint is like no other saint. To be “another ——” is not necessarily a recommendation.

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His way of celebrating another was to reward himself.

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Spengler on Iran