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@MichaelPTKelly Offer a eulogy at the very start, before the entrance song. That way it’s not during the “rite.” Problem solved. And oh yeah, keep it under ten minutes.

A eulogy is *not* part of the Catholic funeral rites. Sometimes priests make exceptions, they should not INHO. They are rarely - very rarely - done well, and people ought to keep stories that mean a lot to them for the wake. Funerals are to pray for the dead.

@samueljrob The Shell at 8 and Livernois has the New York Times.

Detroit newspapers on an 8 Mile gas station newsstand

@BlanchardPhD LP Hartley’s “The Go-Between”

When I was in grammar school and high school, it was extremely rare for any teacher to make any reference to their personal lives. The only clue to teachers’ lives outside the classroom were the honorifics “Miss” and “Mrs,” which told you whether the teacher was married, and of course there were no such clues for male teachers. With one possible exception, I don’t recall any professor or lecturer ever talking about their personal lives, their political beliefs, their sexual orientation, or anything other than the course topic during the four years that I was in college (University of Pennsylvania, 1963-1967). (The one exception was a sociology course taught by a lecturer, who made repeated references to being from Walnut Creek, CA – references that meant nothing to me since I had never heard of Walnut Creek.) When I read online about the things that teachers at all levels now “share” with their students, I am reminded of the truth of the line, “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”

The more I read British fiction, the more I recognize from where Julian Fellowes borrowed. His 2001 film, “Gosford Park” includes the idea of an American guest and his fake butler visiting a manor house. This idea comes from PG Wodehouse’s 1919 comedic novel “Something Fresh.”

@TheMafiaPoint State of Grace

What’s a mafia movie not The Godfather or Goodfellas that everyone should watch?

@maggie_pow11415 @miles_commodore Sir Philip Sidney. Astrophil and Stella is great.

@miles_commodore Who is your favorite 16th century English poet?

Every public high school in America should be teaching how credit cards work, how to get a mortgage, and what mutual funds are and how they function. 16th century English literature is great, but how about equipping our children with what they need in the REAL world.

@TheCinesthetic Good movie with Bogart. First appearance of the Dead End kids, who later morphed into the Bowery Boys.

The incredible opening shot from Dead End (1937) blends miniature effects, forced perspective and clever editing — and nearly 90 years later, it still looks fantastic.

@Mubarak_mubious Workaholism

what's the most socially accepted addiction ??

@nguyenhdi The Friar and the nurse are responsible for the tragedy in this play. Teenagers will make terrible decisions, of course. That’s why they need adults to guide them. Nurse and Friar fail their duty as the adults in the room.

Now that I've reread "Romeo & Juliet", I do find Friar Lawrence disturbing or at least irresponsible, but it is absurd that some people would think Romeo is sinister or the play is a warning against love at first sight or that it's a story of child abuse.

Drawing on Pope Leo’s apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te, Nate Cortas SJ reflects that welcoming migrants isn't a political preference but a Gospel demand. In the stranger at our door Christians encounter the living presence of Jesus Himself. Read here: buff.ly/zIllDMa

@Casshibra @JamesLucasIT Not the original one. They sold the Victorian replacement, and, yes, it’s in Lake Havasu, Arizona, weird.

This is one of the worst downgrades of all time Old London Bridge was a medieval stone structure that stood for over 600 years and was once considered a wonder of the world. It was 926 feet long and filled with houses and shops, making it the longest inhabited bridge in Europe.

@BarryPierce Yes, he is depressing, but I think Hardy is the best of all British novelists. The novels are spiritual and philosophical, written with poetic beauty and masterfully crafted plots. I have taught Tess in my eleventh grade British Lit class on and off for 15 years.

sorry but like, his young son committing a murder-suicide by somehow hanging his step-siblings and then hanging himself? leaving Jude to walk in and discover literally all of his children dead? what were you trying to convey there Thomas Hardy

decided to start the year’s reading with Jude the Obscure, because I haven’t read a Hardy since my teens, and I think this might be the most relentlessly bleak novel I’ve ever read. I feel its utter nihilism is really unmatched in British literature at the time. What was he on?

@SketchesbyBoze @JBudzien How????

@JBudzien This year I've read 300, but alas no one believes me. 🤷‍♀️

I wish people would stop saying that. 5000 books/60 years is only 83 books per year, which is fewer than 2 books per week. Voracious reading is not a mere 2 books per week. I used to average more than 5. I'm currently averaging about 3.

@MovieEndorser Lifeboat

My Top 10 Single Location Films 1. 12 Angry Men 2. Rear Window 3. Dog Day Afternoon 4. Reservoir Dogs 5. The Breakfast Club 6. Panic Room 7. Phone Booth 8. The Hateful Eight 9. Rope 10. The Menu

@KyleBrandt And after you pull out the stool and sit down, how do you smooch yourself up to the counter?

These stools in the McCallister house stress me out. Totally impractical. Nowhere for your knees to go. Can’t sit like this.

@MovieEndorser Das Boot

What’s Your Favorite Boat Film?

@cityaestheticss But with elevators and central air conditioning

Let’s build millions of buildings like these:

@Prachi_2050 Olivia de Havilland

@AsteadWH @deray Not the Detroit Free Press, which has been on guard for 194 years.

The Free Press is one of the least curious media outlets on earth. Every article is a collection of anecdotes that adds up to their priors. Almost no new info or reporting that would challenge their audience. If you fell for Weiss’s edgy journo act it’s likely bc you wanted to. It’s not bc of the work

@SketchesbyBoze @moniza_hossain I read Adam Bede last summer. It’s great too.

@moniza_hossain Middlemarch is sublime!

I posted about reading Middlemarch and ppl were in my DMs like “why are you doing this to yourself?”. And while Middlemarch isn’t always funny, and is primarily about characters who make infuriating choices, almost every other line in the book is a quotable quote