Confessions of a Liberal Puritan

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Some odds and ends that I didn't have time to include last Thursday, before I had to go to the doctor, proctor a final exam, grade that exam, and then get started on Friday's work-load. ( Read more... )

Meanwhile, on an unrelated topic, the word from the endocrinologist on Thursday was that it would be unusual if they ever do figure out what caused my sudden and severe vitamin D and calcium deficiency. Most of the time, it seems, they never do find out what's behind it -- not even enough to give it a scary-sounding mock-Latin name with which to impress one's friends and confound one's enemies. A mystery, in this day and age, without even a "syndrome" or complicated acronym to hang it on. Who'd have thunk it?

I'm meaning to write up my thoughts on "Hellboy" (especially as they relate to themes of redemption on Angel and Buffy) just as soon as I get a moment when I'm not supposed to be doing three or eight other things. Same goes for my review of "Van Helsing", which I saw on my way home from church on Sunday and quite enjoyed, in spite of the somewhat over-the-top use of CGI (so common in recent movies) and the fact that I really would have liked Hugh Jackman to take off his shirt oftener and for longer periods of time. (But then, that's my complaint after every Hugh Jackman movie: not enough 'nekkid' Hugh. Hmm . . . I wonder if he'd be interested in playing Tarzan?) Oh, well -- can't have everything.