Dark Rothko
@schopenhegel.bsky.social
“In the kingdom of ends everything has either a cost or a dignity.” - Kant
Socialist. Husband, father, grandfather, world citizen.
Socialist. Husband, father, grandfather, world citizen.
The majority of Catholics in America haven’t shown the slightest interest in Catholic social teaching since at least the Reagan Administration. Why should Mamdani?
January 3, 2026 at 2:26 AM
The majority of Catholics in America haven’t shown the slightest interest in Catholic social teaching since at least the Reagan Administration. Why should Mamdani?
Who remembers Tom Brown's Schooldays and "musucular Christianity?" The term even makes an appearance in the 1980s movie Chariots of Fire.
January 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Who remembers Tom Brown's Schooldays and "musucular Christianity?" The term even makes an appearance in the 1980s movie Chariots of Fire.
I felt like I had to scroll awhile to find this, the correct answer.
January 2, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I felt like I had to scroll awhile to find this, the correct answer.
Someone…the ghost of David Lean?…should do the Battle of Isandlwana.
December 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Someone…the ghost of David Lean?…should do the Battle of Isandlwana.
My wife and I saw this in London in November 2024. I am still thinking about it a year later. Lesley Manville is my queen, too.
December 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My wife and I saw this in London in November 2024. I am still thinking about it a year later. Lesley Manville is my queen, too.
Lacks real drama, of course, but the three quick wickets and Tongue’s near miss just now suggest there is some fight left.
December 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Lacks real drama, of course, but the three quick wickets and Tongue’s near miss just now suggest there is some fight left.
Admittedly I read it only in translation, but I believe it to be a perfect book. In the same way I believe The Remains of the Day and The Guermantes Way to be perfect books. Their respective stories advance and cohere in thrall to the mastery of their creators.
December 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Admittedly I read it only in translation, but I believe it to be a perfect book. In the same way I believe The Remains of the Day and The Guermantes Way to be perfect books. Their respective stories advance and cohere in thrall to the mastery of their creators.
He was everywhere when I was a kid.
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
He was everywhere when I was a kid.
Gabba Gabba Hey. I only watch international sporting events where there is a Peace Prize on offer.
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Gabba Gabba Hey. I only watch international sporting events where there is a Peace Prize on offer.
Maybe drop in a little bit of Guildenstern further along in that scene if the conversation starts to flag.
“Good my lord, vouchsafe me a word with you.”
“Good my lord, vouchsafe me a word with you.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Maybe drop in a little bit of Guildenstern further along in that scene if the conversation starts to flag.
“Good my lord, vouchsafe me a word with you.”
“Good my lord, vouchsafe me a word with you.”
Keep this one going...
"Prithee play on, for if the king likes not the comedy methinks he likes it not perdee."
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2
Great material here.
"Prithee play on, for if the king likes not the comedy methinks he likes it not perdee."
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2
Great material here.
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Keep this one going...
"Prithee play on, for if the king likes not the comedy methinks he likes it not perdee."
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2
Great material here.
"Prithee play on, for if the king likes not the comedy methinks he likes it not perdee."
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2
Great material here.
Concur. Back, reluctantly, in the States after ten days in London visiting family. The rest of the world was also there sharing Central London with us and it was almighty fun. Been almost everywhere myself and London remains for me the world’s most vibrant city
November 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Concur. Back, reluctantly, in the States after ten days in London visiting family. The rest of the world was also there sharing Central London with us and it was almighty fun. Been almost everywhere myself and London remains for me the world’s most vibrant city
Did you manage to get a book blurb from Johanna Schopenhauer?
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you manage to get a book blurb from Johanna Schopenhauer?
That smile. It’s the Grinch telling Cindy Lou Who he is taking her family’s Christmas tree away to get its lights repaired. No disrespect to the Grinch.
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
That smile. It’s the Grinch telling Cindy Lou Who he is taking her family’s Christmas tree away to get its lights repaired. No disrespect to the Grinch.
Well, that’s depressing.
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Well, that’s depressing.
Not with these courtiers, Billy Shakes.
"No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp,
And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee
Where thrift may follow fawning."
"No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp,
And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee
Where thrift may follow fawning."
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Not with these courtiers, Billy Shakes.
"No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp,
And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee
Where thrift may follow fawning."
"No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp,
And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee
Where thrift may follow fawning."
The Mellon family ancestral cottage in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It took many years before the Irish were fully assimilated into the white establishment in this country.
October 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Mellon family ancestral cottage in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It took many years before the Irish were fully assimilated into the white establishment in this country.
I did not realize how much I needed to hear this today from Little Stevie Winwood. I was 16 years old when the Blind Faith album came out, living in a place I despised. This song rescued me.
October 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I did not realize how much I needed to hear this today from Little Stevie Winwood. I was 16 years old when the Blind Faith album came out, living in a place I despised. This song rescued me.
Who you calling "desiccated?"
October 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Who you calling "desiccated?"
Not to be "that guy,'' but the Patti Smith version is a cover of the Them's original written by Van Morrison. I might go with the latter for the "authenticity." Oddly enough, Laura Branigan's (brilliant) "Gloria" is itself a cover of an Anglicized Italian love song.
October 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Not to be "that guy,'' but the Patti Smith version is a cover of the Them's original written by Van Morrison. I might go with the latter for the "authenticity." Oddly enough, Laura Branigan's (brilliant) "Gloria" is itself a cover of an Anglicized Italian love song.