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Love, Science, and the Cosmic Quest for Truth #Paranormal

The sincerest expression of love is the desire to know everything about the subject of that love. I love nature. This is why, as a scientist, I wish to obtain as much experimental data as possible about nature. There are an infinite number of virtual realities, some of which are flattering to our ego. But merely expressing them without knowing whether they apply to reality, is like imagining a possible love story with an idealized fictional character, akin to “Prince Charming” or “Princess Charming.” This was my message to an audience of fifty spiritual leaders who were hosted by the…

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Millennial faces pushback after complaining about older relative texting him ‘call me’: ‘This is why old people think your generation is entitled’ #Fun

There is no denying that in some ways, millennials have had it harder than the generations that have come before them. Most have never had the level of security that their Boomer parents had. However, they have been the recipient of one big advantage, and that is being a part of the revolution in information communication technology. Grandpa just doesn’t know his way around an iPhone the way a 30-year-old with 12 hours of daily screen time does. 

This can lead to the generations having some wildly different ideas when it comes to the etiquette of things like social media, or texting. This is something that one millennial caused controversy with recently after he called out an older relative for simply messaging him “call me” with no further information when they wanted to speak about Christmas plans. While some people understood where he was coming from, many his own age and younger thought he was being unnecessarily impolite. 

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Prayer for Purity: Prayer of the Day for Sunday, October 27, 2024 #Pray

Jesus, Lover of chastity, Mary, Mother most pure, and Joseph, chaste guardian of the Virgin, to you I come at this hour, begging you to plead with God for me. I earnestly wish to be pure in thought, word and deed in imitation of your own holy purity.
Obtain for me, then, a deep sense of modesty which will be reflected in my external conduct. Protect my eyes, the windows of my soul, from anything that might dim the luster of a heart that must mirror only Christlike purity.
And when the “Bread …

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A Humorous Skeleton

At the end of the fifteenth century, simplified versions of medical charts featuring an image of the “Zodiac Man” began to appear in Books of Hours. The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division contains many examples of these printed editions, one of which uses a skeleton in place of the Zodiac Man.

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Prayers and Passages of St. Alphonsus De Liguori: Prayer of the Day for Thursday, October 24, 2024 #Pray

He who prays is certain to be saved; while he who prays not is certain to be damned. All the saints were saved, and came to be saints by praying; all the accursed souls in hell were lost through neglect of prayer; if they had prayed, it is certain that they would not have been lost. And this will be one of the greatest occasions of their anguish in hell, the thought that they might have saved themselves so easily; that they had only to beg God to help them, but that now the time is past when …

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Dad walks out of 5-year-old son’s kindergarten play after his wife makes a scene in the audience: ‘She began loudly ranting to herself. Over time she gradually got louder and louder’ #Fun

As a former community theater child actor, I have seen my fair share of crazy stage parents. The craziest ones weren’t screaming from the audience saying, “Sing out Louise,” but were constantly putting ideas in their child’s head about how they had to be the best puppy in the production of 101 Dalmations KIDS or else! I definitely think giving notes to your 8-year-old about how they could improve their performance is much more damaging than being an overly enthusiastic audience member. 

The mom in this story is both a bad audience member and a harsh critic. When her 5-year-old son was onstage during his Kindergarten play, he was sucking on the strings of the giraffe hat he was wearing. If he were ten and doing that, it would be cause for concern, but at this age, parents can only laugh at harmless mistakes like that, or so I thought. This mom decided to bark at him from the audience to tell him to stop sucking on the string, much to the dismay of her husband.

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St. Teresa of Avila: Prayer of the Day for Tuesday, October 15, 2024 #Pray

O Saint Teresa, seraphic Virgin, beloved spouse of thy crucified Lord, thou who on earth didst burn with a love so intense toward thy God and my God, and now dost glow with a brighter and purer flame in paradise: obtain for me also, I beseech thee, a spark of that same holy fire which shall cause me to forget the world, all things created, and even myself; for thou didst ever avidly desire to see Him loved by all men. Grant that my every thought and desire and affection may be continually …

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American Classics

During the 17th and 18th centuries, classical languages were an important component of education in the North American colonies. Viewed through the lens of material and printing history, the books highlighted in this blog post provide a very human picture of classical studies in early America.

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Al Pacino Discusses His Near-Death Experience and Views on the Afterlife #Paranormal

Al Pacino has shared his harrowing experience of nearly dying from Covid-19 in 2020, revealing he “didn’t have a pulse” for several minutes. In interviews with The New York Times and People, the 84-year-old actor described his battle with the virus before vaccines were available. “They said my pulse was gone. You’re here, and then you’re not. I thought: Wow, you don’t even have your memories. You have nothing. Strange porridge,” Pacino told The New York Times. Pacino recalled feeling unusually ill with a fever and dehydration before losing consciousness. “I was sitting in my house, and then I was…

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Mystery Beneath the Moon as Strange Shifting Layer Defies Explanation #Paranormal

A recent study by NASA and the University of Arizona has revealed a surprising discovery about the Moon’s interior. Researchers found a layer of low-viscosity “goo” between the Moon’s rocky mantle and its metal core. This goo moves up and down beneath the surface, similar to ocean tides on Earth. They believe this movement is driven by the gravitational forces of the Earth and the Sun, reports futurism.com. “Just like the Moon raises tides on the Earth, the Earth (and Sun) raise tides on the Moon,” the study explains. Published in AGU Advances, the research provides the “first measurement of…

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Are Our Minds Connected? Investigating the Science of Collective Consciousness #Paranormal

What if our thoughts, like radio waves, are transmitted beyond our individual minds, creating a shared web of consciousness? Recent discoveries in neuroscience, quantum physics, and psychology are challenging the long-held notion that our minds are isolated, self-contained units. Instead, evidence suggests that human consciousness may be interconnected in ways we’re only beginning to understand. The idea of collective consciousness, which has long been the domain of metaphysics and spirituality, is now finding a foothold in science. From strange telepathic phenomena to groundbreaking scientific studies on quantum entanglement and the “multiples effect,” the idea that our thoughts could influence or…

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A Slew of Memes Ready to Sock It to ‘Em #Fun

I’ve never been one for schoolyard violence (my core isn’t strong enough to withstand a punch), but a good schoolyard insult is an under-appreciated craft. The classic ones still cut deep. If someone puts an L shape to their forehead and sticks out their tongue, it hits harder than any well thought out insult could. Because children can be exceptionally cruel. They don’t have time to faff about with high falutin language, psychoanalysis, and guilt trips. No, they will immediately find the surface-level thing you’re most self-conscious about, and taunt you about it relentlessly. It’s one of the many reasons I prefer being an adult to being a kid. 

Another reason, chief among them, is memes. Sure, you can have memes as a kid, but nothing hits like a meme at the ripe age of… however old you are. We’ve been through things, so they are endlessly more relatable. Good thing we have some right here.

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Andrew Holleran and the Violet Quill

Andrew Holleran (pseud.) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer and a significant contributor to post-Stonewall literature. He was a member of the Violet Quill, a group of gay writers who assembled in the early 1980s to critique each other’s work and to develop strategies to overcome corporate publishers’ reluctance to publish gay-themed novels. The Rare Book and Special Collections Division collects the works of the Violet Quill writers, including Andrew Holleran, and holds the first editions of their works in the Gene Berry and Jeffrey Campbell Collection.

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