Author Archives: JC

Absolutely Immoral & Absolutely Understandable

Posted on October 21, 2019 by JC

It is not good for man to be alone. Genesis 2:18 This is yet another one of the posts that sat in drafts, splattered with a few ideas of what I wanted to write after I watched the film Passengers … Continue reading →

Posted in Film | Tagged , | Comments Off on Absolutely Immoral & Absolutely Understandable

Class in a Classless Society

Posted on September 30, 2019 by JC

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg Atlantic Books, November 2nd, 2017 (first published in 2016) I read a review of this book in Quadrant Magazine last year and was immediately interested in the subject … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Politics, Society | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Class in a Classless Society

A Futile Attempt To Improve The Internet

Posted on September 22, 2019 by JC

A very simple post this time and also the first (and perhaps only), post this month. I went through and scanned all the images in an old Sunday Missal I bought a while ago. With the amount of horrible, vile, … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on A Futile Attempt To Improve The Internet

Transgenderism & Transubstantiation

Posted on August 4, 2019 by JC

In the Catholic Church it is believed that at the consecration the bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ. Although they remain so in appearance, they are no longer bread and wine. The Catechism of the Council … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion, Society | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Transgenderism & Transubstantiation

The Lion King: A Subversive Masterpiece

Posted on July 8, 2019 by JC

I always have a number of topics/ideas in drafts and this is one I’ve probably had for the longest time. I usually get around to them eventually and the fact that this has now been written is proof of that. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Politics, Society | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on The Lion King: A Subversive Masterpiece

Captain Catholic or Captain Compromise?

Posted on June 23, 2019 by JC

Battlelines by Tony AbbottMelbourne University Press, June 1st, 2013 (first published in 2009) Not being good at being relevant, I decided not only to read but also review this book a decade after it was first published. This is after … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Book Reviews, Politics, Religion, Society | Tagged , | Comments Off on Captain Catholic or Captain Compromise?

The Absolute State of Video Games

Posted on May 26, 2019 by JC

As one of my resolutions for this year is to reduce the amount I play/buy and my overall involvement with gaming as a hobby, I have naturally been reflecting on the reasons why I came to make this decision. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal, Video Games | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on The Absolute State of Video Games

A Gamma’s Journey

Posted on April 28, 2019 by JC

Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw Dark Horse Books, April 22nd, 2008 Yahtzee Croshaw is best known as the creator of Zero Punctuation, an irreverent video game review series that has been published at Escapist Magazine since 2007. I stopped regularly watching … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Video Games | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on A Gamma’s Journey

Enjoying and Obsessing

Posted on April 17, 2019 by JC

While I haven’t watched the new trailer and am not at all interested in the new film, it was hard to miss this and the ensuing reaction and I think it is worth posting about. What I am talking about … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Ramblings, Society | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Enjoying and Obsessing

Ancient Egypt for Moderns

Posted on April 7, 2019 by JC

Ancient Egypt: All That Matters by Barry Kemp John Murray, December 3rd, 2015 I recently got in mind that I wanted to learn more about Ancient Egypt as I considered this a big general gap in my historical knowledge. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Religion, Society | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Ancient Egypt for Moderns