C. Philip Collins, PhD

@BayouPhilosophy Cannot intro the dead to music.

@RDog861 Bullshit

Last night a car hit two houses in our neighborhood. It was driven and occupied by several illegals. Houses sustained thousands in damage. Cops had to let them go with just a ticket. Homeowners are stuck with the repair bills ( in the tens of thousands) because the illegals had no insurance. Thanks Joe Biden!

@alexbward @laraseligman @PhilKlay Did Deputy Secretary of Defense (DEPSECDEF) know? Did General Brown know? Some heads need to roll. This is a complete breakdown in communication. Absolutely unsatisfactory

NEW: Pentagon didn't inform the White House's NSC of SecDef Austin's hospitalization til Thursday, Jan. 4. Austin was hospitalized Jan 1. Jake Sullivan didn't even know til Thursday. DOD aides & lawmakers also in dark til Friday. w/ @laraseligman politico.com/news/2024/01/0…

@KirkusReviews Mary Oliver and Thomas Merton (tied).

Which author have you read the most?

@katherineveritt Time Bandits!

It’s New Year’s Day, we are on the couch, and I pass you this stack. Which are you choosing? 🧐

@penguinrandom Candle, Filled, Tea

The first 3 words you find will be your reading vibe for 2024 — which ones did you see?

@BookTasters I love The Scarlet Letter.

classics>>>

On this fourth Sunday of Advent, may we be fully prepared for the coming of the King of Kings.

@TheCarceri Merry Christmas.

CHRISTMAS EVE Drawing back into the shadows to go deeper into the light... A break from Twitter, 'X' - Enjoy See you in the New Year! God Bless, Bod.

@CarmeliteNick Is the Church not coming out with a new edition of the Breviary? I thought I heard this? Just asking.

Gosh how I love the breviary.

@jonmsweeney The Abbey is one, if not, of the best placest in the world--at least for me.

Merry Christmas from the Abbey of Gethsemani

@sm30836872 Simplicity is the best way of life. Every Christian mystic, at least the ones I've read thus far, have said as much.

According to Plato, the greatest wealth is to live content with little. In my season of life, I have to agree:)

@Wordsworthians Somewhat like the Christian mystics I'm reading now (Hildegard, Hadewijch, Mechthild).

#ATT 1817 Keats writes, famously, of 'Negative Capability' "That is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason" wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2015/08/2…

Great article. #PopeFrancis #CatholicTwitter #CatholicChurch “It is not easy to rekindle the embers under the ashes of the church,” Pope Francis said, “Today we strive to kindle passion in those who have long since lost it.” americamagazine.org/faith/2023/12/… via @americamag

@KirkusReviews Sappho.

If you could share a drink with one author, dead or alive, who would it be?

@NeshkaVirdure @goodreads Great book. Used to have my AP LIT students read it.

@goodreads Anna Karenina Pg. 386📚😊

What are you currently reading?

@goodreads St. John of the Cross, The Dark Night. Just some light reading this week.

@BayouPhilosophy I always felt that I had to have a TT job to feel I made it. Eventually, I did not care about TT, peer-reviewed pubs, etc. You have to feel good about who you are by you. Don't judge yourself by other's standards.

@jamesalanfox @PhD_Genie @nmconnell My thought exactly.

@PhD_Genie @nmconnell Determined

Complete this sentence: Having a PhD doesn't necessarily mean that you are smart. But it does mean that you are ______________

@PhD_Genie Determined.