Blasphemy is an artistic effect, because blasphemy depends upon a philosophical conviction. Blasphemy depends upon belief and is fading with it. If any one doubts this, let him sit down seriously and try to think blasphemous thoughts about Thor. – G. K. Chesterton, “Heretics”
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Søren Kierkegaard
Walker Percy
Bob Dylan
Literature & History
Letters from an American
Beau of the Fifth Column
This American Life
The Writer’s Almanac
San Diego Reader
The Stranger
The Inlander
Adoremus
Charlotte was Both
The Onion
From Empty Hands
Ellen Finnigan
America
Commonweal
First Things
National Review
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All Manner of Thing
Gerasene Writers Conference
Scrutinies
DarwinCatholic
Catholic and Enjoying It
Bad Catholic
Universalis
Is My Phylactery Showing?
Quotidian Quintilian
En pocas palabras
William Wilson, Guitarist Extraordinaire
Signposts in a Strange Land
Ben Hatke
Daniel Mitsui
Dappled Things
The Fine Delight
Gene Luen Yang
Wiseblood Books
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Movie trivia (and totally beside the point): In which film did Vincent D’Onofrio play Thor sort of? (And no, you won’t find this on IMDB.)
Adventures in Babysitting!
What do I win? What do I win?
JOB
Nice! A pair of roller skates. : )
I might not be going to heaven just yet, but I might take a trip to Buffalo to see the Scott Norwood Museum.
JOB
Buffalo is Gonna Rise Again. Boston overcame Buckner.
Yeah, but people moved on anyway.
Just ask your average Bostonian – he no longer has a desire to crucify Bucky Dent on the backstop of a batting cage with the automatic pitcher speed selector set on “Nolan Ryan” and no one in the batter’s box.
JOB
Norwood owned a strip club in Buffalo 66.
I was eating pizza at the Northlake Tavern when he missed and was sorting mail in a warehouse when the Challenger exploded.
But wait — that’s not all! Jovial JOSEPH O’BRIEN also wins the koveted Korrektiv “no-prize”!
EXCELSIOR!
Anybody else remember how old Stan “the Man” Lee used to address his readers as True Believers?
GKC never had to contend with fanboys. Visit ComiCon dressed as Thor but carrying a bow and see how long it takes for the inquisitorial fires to be lighted…
That was actually my first thought upon running into the quote – or rerunning into it, I suppose.
We want no Euripides to ruin our day, do we? No unmasking of Dionysus or ELSE!
JOB
“’Forgive my old-fashioned vocabulary,’ says O’Shea, ‘but I don’t think she believes in her own blasphemy.'”
– from Gaga Confidential: Lady Gaga, Madonna, and the Secret Show, with a Special Appearance by H.R. Giger
You’re a bigger DT than your subject – when do we see the whole thing?
JOB
WHEN IT’S FINISHED. Sorry, shift key got stuck there. I commissioned a couple of illustrations for this one. I expect them by the end of the month. Gimme a couple weeks after that for production/editing. Let’s say by tax time. Hopefully.
Now Taxman and Paperback Writer are wriggling in a head-worm competition taking place within the arena of my brain space.
Thanks.
JOB
ITEM: Face front, true believer! You may not believe in THOR, but you better believe that Manly MATT LICKONA is barrelin’ back into the artistic Areopagus — scapular swinging! You read that right: The magnificent maestro of mayhem who delivered the Abominable ALPHONSE is about to cut the cord on his next Korrektiv Klassic — and we daresay this is gonna be one for the ages… of the ages! You’ll definitely want to charge up those Kindles, and you just might want to get the Anointing of the Sick, because we’re T-minus a couple weeks out — and counting! — from the greatest, the grandest, the gosh-darn grooviest publishing phenom since the Blazin’ BRIAN JOBE’s notorious NEST — no offense to Brand Ichh! So saddle up, Korrektiv Kaballeros: The wait is almost over for LIVES OF FAMOUS CATHOLICS #2! But don’t let the title fool you, Faithful Ones: Matt’s winding up a real spitball — This ish is no straight sequel… accent on straight! Y’see, instead of trekking back to the tropical stronghold of the Mad MEL GIBSON, Mystifying Matt shifts the scene to the true Heart of Darkness — sunny San Diego — for a front-row, backstage, up-close encounter with a daringly different breed of Pop Papist: the ever-lovin’ oviparous vixen herself, LADY GAGA! And with guest appearances from the Matronly MADONNA and H.R. “Get Away From Her” GIGER, missing out on “GAGA CONFIDENTIAL” has gotta be venial at best! ‘NUFF SAID!
Man, I thought I was the geek in this duo!
You are the geek, brah; I’m the nerd. Celebrate diversity!
Never mind my earlier comment. I see that someone does indeed remember.
See also.