Geez, but not worth saying 3 times.
Inara: You don't have to die alone. Mal: Everybody dies alone.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2005 8:00:17 am PDT #6942 of 10001
brillig
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2005 8:00:21 am PDT #6943 of 10001
brillig
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2005 8:00:55 am PDT #6944 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Well, that's an interesting X-post.
What was that, again?
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 8:01:19 am PDT #6945 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The noun benedict has one meaning:
Meaning #1: a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
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Benedict XV, 1854–1922, pope (1914–22), an Italian (b. Genoa) named Giacomo della Chiesa; successor of Pius X. He was made archbishop of Bologna in 1907 and cardinal in 1914, two months before his election as pope. His policy in World War I was one of the strictest neutrality, and he had the respect of all belligerents. He originated several proposals for peace. Benedict was charitable toward war victims, and he founded the Vatican service for prisoners of war. During his pontificate France and England resumed diplomatic relations with the Holy See
XII and XIII were also about the reforming and de-luxurising.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 19, 2005 8:01:31 am PDT #6946 of 10001
What is even happening?
Blessed.
Okay. That makes sense. I know a benediction is a blessing, but the roots of the word are from bene-->good/well, and dict-->speak, so speaking well of, blessing.
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2005 8:02:03 am PDT #6947 of 10001
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The Curia thought they were getting a simple place holder with John XXIII, though, and we saw what happened there.
Jesse - Apr 19, 2005 8:02:24 am PDT #6948 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
His policy in World War I was one of the strictest neutrality, and he had the respect of all belligerents. He originated several proposals for peace.
That speaks to some of the best of JPII as well.
brenda m - Apr 19, 2005 8:03:49 am PDT #6949 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
How do they pick the fancy name? Does he get to choose?
He gets to choose. And then we get to figure out what message he's trying to send with his choice. According to the former priest in my office, it's something of a break with tradition to choose a name that been used recently, and there was a Benedictine he thinks around 1930ish. So my take (and his) is that whatever the message is, consider it allcaps. ("Probably a real conservative goosestepper," quoth the former Father Ralph. )
Now off to research Ben XV.
Sue - Apr 19, 2005 8:04:49 am PDT #6950 of 10001
hip deep in pie
They were saying on the CBC that Ratzzinger's nickname was "Cardinal No," and he's very conservative.
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2005 8:06:04 am PDT #6951 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When John Paul II picked his name (right after John Paul I died shortly after becoming pope), a comedian joked that the name "John Paul" hadn't worked out too well, and that the new Pope should have chosen a different name, such as George Ringo.