Women - Know Your Limits!

Seraphic offers advice for women who wonder why they are still single.
Seems as though the Brits figured the answer to that one decades ago:

Who is primary?

A Shakespearean take on a comedic classic - very mild bawdiness at the beginning.

Noel Coward - Mad Dogs and Englishmen

Incomparable!

Women in Art

500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art

Yes, Prime Minister

Those of you who like good comedy will like this episode of the satrical British Comedy Yes, Prime Minister. Wikipedia describes it as follows:

Yes Minister is a satirical British sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn that was first transmitted by BBC television and radio between 1980 and 1984. The sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, ran from 1986 to 1988. Together, the two series comprise 38 episodes, all but one of which last half an hour.
Set in the private office in Whitehall of a British government cabinet minister (and, in the second series, in 10 Downing Street), the series follows the ministerial career of James Hacker MP, played by Paul Eddington, and his various struggles to bring in legislation or departmental changes, opposed by the will of the British Civil Service, in particular his Permanent Secretary (senior civil servant), Sir Humphrey Appleby, played by Nigel Hawthorne and his more helpful Principal Private Secretary played by Derek Fowlds. Almost every programme ends with the eponymous line, "Yes, Minister" (or "Yes, Prime Minister"), uttered by Sir Humphrey as he quietly relishes his victory over his "political master" (or, occasionally, acknowledges defeat).
A huge critical and popular success, the series was the recipient of a number of awards, including several BAFTAs and in 2004 came sixth in Britain's Best Sitcom. It also gained notability as being the favourite television programme of the then British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.

This episode is The Bishop's Gambit - a very cynical look at the appointment of CoE bishops.

Two things...

It says a lot about the world that I find myself increasingly using the adjective sane as one of the most emphatically positive things I can say about persons and things.
More positively, the Cntyr sent me this wonderful Monty Python clip:And Milan is better than Napoli! ;)

Lord of Darkness, RIP?

Is this for real?

A Mozart Opera

One of my favourite Victor Borge pieces:


And "Page Turner"

Deputy Dressed As Leprechaun Tickets Speeding Drivers

From Youtube:

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Speeding and aggressive drivers in Orange County needed more than the luck of the Irish to avoid a traffic citation on Thursday.
An Orange County sheriff's deputy dressed as a leprechaun and equipped with a laser speed-detection gun targeted speeding and reckless motorists in the area of University Boulevard and state Road 417.
The "leprechaun" also held a sign reading, "Watch your speed or it will cost you your pot of gold."
Motorcycle units stopped violators and issued the traffic citations after being informed by the "leprechaun" via radio. Officials said they issued about a ticket per minute.
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In the past, Orange County sheriff's deputies have targeted speeding motorists while dressed as an elf, the Grinch and a man waiting for a bus.

Pink Martini

I'd never heard of Pink Martini until Jane of Alle Psalite linked to this Youtube video:

Magnifique!

Chris Bliss Juggling...

Biretta doff in Mark Shea's direction.
As someone who can barely drink a cup of coffee without scalding himself, consider me duly astonished.

Still alive...

Folks,

Apologies for the irregularity of service... I'm afraid I have no good excuse for not blogging. And I'm going to cheat with this post by simply sharing a few 'Youtube' videos I've spotted on other blogs.

Ephrem links to this wonderful advertisement.


Too funny to pass over is the following from the Laodicea blog, but don't say that I didn't warn you about the very strong language.

Why do I suspect that one of the 'occupational hazards' of the clergy is that particular demon?
And my own contribution is a link to this video of John XXIII, including some wonderful images of the opening of the 2nd Vatican Council.

Those who understand Italian will note a certain 'hermeneutic of discontinuity' dimension to the commentary.