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...kind of snide denunciation usually reserved for dim-witted Hollywood moguls, not the sort of jab one would expect to find in a religious newspaper. But in the current issue of the National Catholic Reporter, columnist Tim Unsworth lambastes Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz as an incompetent cleric who has "been holding his cellular phone too close to his brain." What sparked the invective was Bruskewitz's move to excommunicate members of his diocese who belong to any of 12 groups deemed "perilous to the Catholic faith," including Call to Action, the Catholic lobby supported by 5,000 priests and nuns, which...
APPARENTLY, I'VE BEEN GIVING THE WRONG ADVICE about what to do if you meet a bear in the woods. It may be that a sharp jab to the bear's nose is not the ticket after...
...Just a short jab," I always say. "Don't get any big ideas about letting go with one of those roundhouse rights you've seen in the movies. While you're winding up, that bear'll claw your stomach out." I know that sounds gruesome, but better safe than sorry...
Other works seem to threaten a powder-keg of tensions, hidden under a ominous veneer. Long Nguyen's "Soul Boat No. 7" -- the title itself a sardonic jab -- seethes with the Hades-like passage of a boat slowly assuming the shape and qualities of its passengers. The nightmarish metamorphosis, replete with shadily defined forms and oil gloops that seem to jump out at selected spots, continues to haunt the viewer with its fearsome evocation of adaptation and voyage gone awry...
...intelligence and figure out creative new ways to procrastinate. There are some time-honored procrastination techniques that should be familiar to all. One of my personal favorites is the two hour lunch. Assuming that you're not dining at L'Espalier, lunch should not take two hours. (The expected jab at Harvard Dining Services is just too easy...