Wash: You want a slinky dress? I can buy you a slinky dress. Captain, can I have money for a slinky dress? Jayne: I'll chip in. Zoe: I can hurt you.

'Shindig'


Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."


sumi - Jan 08, 2007 12:14:29 pm PST #1819 of 28172
Art Crawl!!!

Not St. Agnes?


sumi - Jan 08, 2007 12:17:33 pm PST #1820 of 28172
Art Crawl!!!

(No, it's not -- just googled. If I were at home, I'd look at my Art History books. Why can't I remember that woman's name?)


sumi - Jan 08, 2007 12:20:41 pm PST #1821 of 28172
Art Crawl!!!

Saint Agatha. I couldn't find any good medieval images though.

Well, there's this one.


DavidS - Jan 08, 2007 12:22:38 pm PST #1822 of 28172
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Well, there's this one.

Ouch!


Connie Neil - Jan 08, 2007 12:24:42 pm PST #1823 of 28172
brillig

Yeah, the ones where she's beaming rapturously and carrying them around are much less disturbing than the event itself.


sumi - Jan 08, 2007 12:25:42 pm PST #1824 of 28172
Art Crawl!!!

I could only find a modern image of that with a quick google. I'll check when I get home and can google an actual artist/place.


Connie Neil - Jan 08, 2007 12:28:34 pm PST #1825 of 28172
brillig

The phrase "Catherine's wheel" comes from the burning wheel St. Catherine was strapped to in her martyrdom. Martyrology is not for the squeamish.


Topic!Cindy - Jan 08, 2007 12:32:01 pm PST #1826 of 28172
What is even happening?

St Agatha (and her bells): [link]

eta...

Hil, did you get through the NT book called "Acts" or "The Acts of the Apostles"? That's probably the best vision of the early church, post Jesus, but pre Holy Roman Empire.


DavidS - Jan 08, 2007 12:32:32 pm PST #1827 of 28172
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Martyrology is not for the squeamish.

It's great if you have a black sense of humor, though.

My friend Josh threw a St. Ursula party in college.


Hil R. - Jan 08, 2007 12:36:53 pm PST #1828 of 28172
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Hil, did you get through the NT book called "Acts" or "The Acts of the Apostles"? That's probably the best vision of the early church, post Jesus, but pre Holy Roman Empire.

Nope. I read Matthew, then most of Mark, then started flipping through and read the beginning of John because it seemed more interesting than Luke. Didn't really get anywhere beyond that. (Perhaps I'll try some more later on. I've got a copy of the New Testament at my office. It's the version published by the Promise Keepers. It was left there by the previous occupant of my office. Along with several Chick Tracts. The previous occupant of my office, by the way, was Muslim.)