For what it’s worth, I’m making my annual viewing of The Life Aquatic this Friday night. If you would like to watch the film at this time and on this date, as well, wherever you hail from, we could be together in spirit, etc.
Christmas Wish List
Chronicles I by The 7th Plain
1995 by Kruder & Dorfmeister
A very decent pair of headphones
A Westerley (probably in xxl)
The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith
Can We Redeem TikTok For Jesus? No.
My latest for CiRCE tackles the idea that tools are morally neutral and that Christians need to redeem every last banal, insipid waste of time the world throws at us.
Announcing The Second Class From GibbsClassical.com: The Divine Comedy for Beginners
Registration is now open for The Divine Comedy for Beginners, the second class from GibbsClassical.com.

You can learn more about the 12 week class on GibbsClassical.com and you can register by following this link.
The class is being offered on two different levels: Student ($265) and Auditor ($215). Space is limited on the Student level.
Adoration

An aerial photograph of the flowers left outside Kensington Palace after Princess Diana’s death. The deluge of bouquets is waist deep.
A Truly Postmodern Turn
If after five years, four hundred million dollars, countless hours spent meticulously recreating costumes, volumes of research, and so forth, it would be really something if midway through episode seven of season four of The Crown, aliens showed up at Buckingham Palace.
On Diet
In Plato’s Republic, Socrates says that guardians must be given a simple diet so they do not think too much about their health. Physical exercise is sufficient care for the body.
But the more fastidious a man is about his diet, the more likely he is to pay “excessive attention to his body,” and there is “no [greater] impediment” to a man being able to carry out his duty than his constant concern for his health.
2400 years ago, Plato understood us.
Trip-Hop Now That It’s Fall

On heavy rotation lately around the crib.
Have Courage. All Old Things Have Baggage.
My latest for CiRCE is about all the baggage that old things have.
Alex Trebek: In Memoriam
My latest for CiRCE is a eulogy for Alex Trebek, who died yesterday at the age of 80.
