Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 11

FiVe Faces of Alan Moore’s SaVior

V, Veidt, and Constantine are very much the same person, each ushering in a new era of human greatness through their own devious means. Even Promethea and Faust, and Moore’s interpretation of Jack the Ripper, share that vision to a lesser extent. What do these five faces of the same man mean?

Eggnog for Breakfast… and Beyond!

I enjoy breakfast beverages, and eggnog—egg and milk or cream with flavoring—is a perfectly balanced breakfast. Drink Your Breakfast!

Light a candle for Christmas hymns

While the holidays brought more examples of bowdlerized lyrics they also brought, at least to our church, a lit candle for the darkness, in the form of a new hymnal that retains sound Catholic theology.

My Year in Food: 2023

From Italy to the Ukraine—some of it real, and some through cookbooks—this has been a great year for food.

Gygax and Lakofka on Wargaming in 1969

Jim Crossley reports on wargaming’s bright future—and the need for computerization—after the second GenCon. His article appeared in a handful of newspapers over the 1969-1970 holiday season, with quotes from Lenard Lakofka and Gary Gygax.

My Year in Books: 2023

It’s been a slower year in books than previous ones, but it was still a year of fantasy in the past, in the future, and across time, as well as an unplanned foray into people doing the impossible and changing the world.

Trump and the January 6 defendants

There appears to be a concerted effort on conservative forums to blame Trump for not doing anything for the January 6 prisoners and defendants. Is it true?

Looking back over 1950 in vintage cooking

While I didn’t make my goal of trying a recipe every month in the month it was meant for, following this calendar through 2023 was an interesting experience and provided some very good food.

Refrigerator Revolution Revisited: 1928 Frigidaire

The 1928 manual and cookbook, Frigidaire Recipes, assumes a lot about then-modern society that could not have been assumed a few decades earlier.

The Soul Felt It’s Worth

“A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices…” What is a soul worth? For God, a soul is worth his son.