Levi Breederland, eh @[email protected]

Quite the fashion statement

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/803023218/guy-fawkes-rorschach-combo-neck-garter

A little play-by-play of how I ended up becoming Catholic two years ago: https://levisan.me/blog/logical-journey-to-catholicism

Watched Nolan's Batman trilogy over summer "vacation". I had forgotten how perfectly each film exists both on it's own and part of a series.

Thought-provoking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJa3PvL6Tcs

A great discussion on what's going on with the Vatican-China relationship, and as an aside, the Uyghurs. Good links in the shownotes too.

https://soundcloud.com/user-714262237/christopher-yes-or-no#t=48:05 (@ 48:05 if the timestamp doesn't work)

From Catholic News Agency, arguably one of the more level-headed (aka not promoting ideas schismatic or contrary to Church teaching) news sources on Catholic stuff, Catholic News Agency, and hosted by two of the editors.

/cc @adam

Our local big city library no longer carries the published collection of The Professor's writings, which they most definitely used to have (because that's how I first read them). Weird.

Decide for me, for once and for all:

What is the correct term for knockoff Birkenstock-style sandals?

Politics in the multiverse is a challenge https://xkcd.com/2218/

Could someone explain to me why having a "camera bulge" on a phone is a good idea 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲? I thought it was just going to be a 1-2 cycle fad but it seems we're stuck with them now, and the only good reason I can think of for having one is to encourage case sales.

In which I complain about soda https://levisan.me/blog/soft-drinks-are-dumb

Anyone read Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology by Neil Postman?

This is one of those story-telling music videos that I have to watch every few months because it is so good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x5Qpk3ZNYU

Call me your friend in the morning and I might offer a coupon code in return

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/803023218/guy-fawkes-rorschach-combo-neck-gaiter

Was looking for a simplified variant of chess for teaching to kids as an introduction and then I found this and I want to play every single one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_variants#Orthodox_rules_on_an_unorthodox_board

Which dystopia would you rather be living in?

It was interesting looking back at this piece I wrote now that we're in the coronaera https://levisan.me/blog/is-this-the-future-of-grocery-shopping

This looks pretty neat https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1185360163/mass-of-the-ages-how-tradition-will-restore-the-church

Current status: brainstorming how to retrofit the desk I'll be using while visiting my parents into a standing desk because it's been nearly a year since I worked sitting down.

deadfaced as a robot shark

https://www.dieselsweeties.com/ics/1046/

This might be the single best piece about why you don't want to use Parler.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/parler-is-not-the-free-speech-utopia-that-trump-allies-hope-for

I love the dig against the library in downtown Edmonton in here.

"Nothing says love of learning like a garden shed cosplaying as an imperial star destroyer"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFwKMA2-tKo