Category Archives: Slightly Frivolous
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Piety versus Magneto
4March 27, 2014 by lucieromarin
The trailer for ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past,’ looks all kinds of silly (though I’m sure I’ll see the film …
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Australian Things to Like
1January 26, 2014 by lucieromarin
Today is Australia Day – a holiday to which I have never in my life paid any attention, other than …
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Catholicism is Fruitcake. Protestantism is Banana Bread.
4November 21, 2013 by lucieromarin
Today’s post was to be about post-Deluge theology. Then I read this post, entitled ‘In Defense of Fruitcake,’ and I …
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Ten Things that Ought to Exist
9November 12, 2013 by lucieromarin
1. A rest-home for the burnt-out and the broken-hearted. This has been a dream of many years for me, unfulfilled …
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Children, Improved: A Letter to God
6October 29, 2013 by lucieromarin
Dear God, Having observed, entertained, restrained, fed, cleaned and comforted other people’s children for some time now, I have come …
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The Perfect Outfit
3September 5, 2013 by lucieromarin
Evil! Evil! You know what arrived with my bank statement the other day? I’ll tell you – stuffed in the …
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Magyarország Forever!
4September 2, 2013 by lucieromarin
Magyarország is Hungary, and today is the feast of St Stephen of Hungary, who was not only the nation’s first …
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