The flagpole is in sight! After trying all afternoon, you are finally going to beat this level. You’ve managed — through a magical combination of trial-and-error, muscle memory, and blind luck — to dodge every Goomba, Koopa, Cheep-Cheep, Piranha Plant, and Hammer Bro that the game programmers could throw at you. You’ve avoided every […]
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While the phenomenon of the hit NBC show The Good Place has largely come and gone, like so many high quality, comforting television comedies it will always have a seemingly eternal “afterlife” on whatever streaming service makes it available. This will allow it to possibly be reintegrated into the public conversation as future generations rediscover
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Life’s journey is often marked by trials and challenges that test our resilience and shape our character. One such journey is that of Barry Allen, the iconic superhero known as The Flash. Through my personal struggles, a profound connection with Barry’s story and its lessons emerged. This reflective exploration delves into the transformative power of
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Tolkien’s Love for the Eucharist J.R.R. Tolkien’s emphatic Catholicism pervades many of his works, especially his strong devotion to the Blessed Sacrament or the Eucharist. Catholics believe the Eucharist to be Jesus Christ, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. Tolkien reveals his great love and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament in a letter written to his
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I don’t get the multiverse…Let me rephrase that. I don’t get the appeal of the multiverse. Let me rephrase that. I don’t get the explanatory appeal of the multiverse. This being said, I have actually generally liked multiverse-concept movies or TV shows, one of my favorites being Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse (although, the movie is
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“…and in the darkness, bind them…” So ends the haunting poem that wraps itself around the ring of power in the Lord of the Rings series, the one ring upon which all the fates of the members of the Fellowship, and the fate of all Middle Earth, is so bound. It is not just dramatically
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” These famous words from the Irish playwright, Oscar Wilde are often quoted to describe all who find themselves downtrodden and suffering, yet optimistic and hopeful. May 19th marks the anniversary of Wilde’s release from prison, a prison sentence that had
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As an avid fantasy reader, the new graphic novel Twig caught my attention at once. Written by Eisner Award-winner Scottie Young, and illustrated by Kyle Strahm with coloring by Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Twig is a delightful adventure romp set in a vibrant and enchanting world reminiscent of something like The Wizard of Oz or The Dark
Why Finnian and the Seven Mountains? Yes, there were some monasteries on them that made a sword constellation, but why were the monasteries built on the mountain? In fact, why are many churches, and were many ancient temples, including the Israelite temple from the Bible, built on mountains? One of the most common assumptions I
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In honor of Superman’s 85th anniversary being celebrated today, and poignantly embedded in the Church’s calendar celebration of Christ’s resurrection, I present a humble meditation on a phenomenon in the world of Superman stories I noticed recently… Back in 1986, DC was preparing to restart it’s in-comic universe with the seminal Crisis on Infinite Earths, the
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