{"id":45,"date":"2007-10-21T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-22T02:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=45"},"modified":"2018-06-26T13:44:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T20:44:37","slug":"quidquid-latine-dictum-sit-altum-viditur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/quidquid-latine-dictum-sit-altum-viditur\/","title":{"rendered":"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">T<\/span>wo people have now asked me about the use of <strong>Latin<\/strong> on my journal. Since that&#8217;s a sizable percentage of the readership (possibly half), I thought I&#8217;d better address it. Here several reasons. Take your pick.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m a medi\u00e6valist. I like old things.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m a Roman Catholic. It&#8217;s our language, even if we don&#8217;t use it much.<\/li>\n<li>I love the <em>sound<\/em> and elegance of the language.<\/li>\n<li>Did I mention I like old things?<\/li>\n<li>I am, in fact, a pretentious git.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Is there anything finer on a blustery day than a cup of tea and a good book?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It has been a trying week. On Thursday, I gave a <strong>presentation<\/strong> to the Pierce Deanery Principals for which I had been preparing nearly a month. It was just a bit stressful, as Principals are taught in Principal school the fine art of the stony, blank expression.<\/p>\n<p>Only one of them actually engaged, and I later discovered that he wasn&#8217;t a Principal at all. He was, in fact, assistant superintendent of Catholic schools for the archdiocese. I can&#8217;t venture an opinion on the Principals, but this fellow was convinced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wedding<\/strong> planning and preparation continues apace. Many details were sorted out last Saturday, and I&#8217;m extremely grateful to those who attended. I actually feel like this is going to come off, now. Invites are at the printer, and the various committees have set down to their work. My list, finally, looks manageable.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I attended an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlearch.org\/WorshipAndSacraments\/Liturgy\/LMI.htm?NRMODE=Published&amp;NRNODEGUID={BC54CD10-76C3-4251-A48A-331BA2B2151C}&amp;NRORIGINALURL=\/WorshipAndSacraments\/LMI\/&amp;NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest\">LMI<\/a> <strong>class<\/strong> at the chancery in Seattle. More on this program and my ongoing formation soon. But not today. The classes are, by and large, utterly fascinating. Reminds me, I need to get some homework done.<\/p>\n<p>In the evening, Francine and I had <strong>dinner<\/strong> with Fr. Bryan at <a href=\"http:\/\/paddycoynes.net\/\">Paddy Coyne&#8217;s<\/a> downtown. It&#8217;s the closest thing Tacoma has to a proper pub, since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehouse9.com\/\">E-9<\/a> lost its soul.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t go to Paddy Coynes without being reminded of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Major_race\">Droyne<\/a>, for reasons obvious perhaps to several old Traveller hands here.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, I missed <strong>reading<\/strong> Gaiman&#8217;s &#8220;A Study in Emerald&#8221; until just yesterday. Ah, what a fool I&#8217;ve been.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quote of the day:<\/strong> &#8220;The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common: instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views, which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that need altering.&#8221; (<em>Doctor Who<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound) Two people have now asked me about the use of Latin on my journal. Since that&#8217;s a sizable percentage of the readership (possibly half), I thought I&#8217;d better address it. Here several reasons. Take your pick. I&#8217;m a medi\u00e6valist. I like old things. I&#8217;m a Roman Catholic. 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