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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

"A Roman Catholic boy asked his priest the difference between the Dominicans and the Jesuits. The priest replied: “The Dominicans were founded to get rid of the Albigensians. The Jesuits were founded to get rid of the Lutherans.” The boy asked: “Which order is better?” “Well,” retorted the priest with a sly grin, “how many Albigensians have you met?"

— Joke courtesy of Father Hollywood.
sermoveritas: Ash Wednesday is February 13th; it is a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics.  For those who do not know Catholics put ashes on their heads as a reminder of their mortality. Upon receiving the ashes we hear the words “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”  

sermoveritas:

Ash Wednesday is February 13th; it is a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics.  For those who do not know Catholics put ashes on their heads as a reminder of their mortality. Upon receiving the ashes we hear the words “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”  

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For my Romanist readers. (HT What’s Wrong with the World)

For my Romanist readers. (HT What’s Wrong with the World)