Joshua is dressed for Halloween as the evil cat in HOUSE (1977)

screencap of Ryoko Yonekura and Taizo Harada as the Samantha and Darrin analogues in Okusama wa Majo

screencap of Taizo Harada as the Darrin analogue in Okusama wa Majo

screencap of Manami Fuji as the Mrs. Kravitz analogue in Okusama wa Majo

screencap of Mari Natsuki as the Endora analogue in Okusama wa Majo

For this October's Witch-Watch, I tried the 2004 Japanese remake of Bewitched. It's cute, and interesting to see the sitcom reworked as more of a romcom drama. The Samantha character lacks Elizabeth Montgomery's moxie, but the other characters match their American analogues pretty closely.

I'm just a few hours into Z-A so much can change, but! This seems like a lousy game so far.

oh hello childhood

Playing Z-A, and between the Wild Zones and Battle Zones, Lumiose is truly the urban nightmare of Fox News obsession.

Pope Leo receives a purebred Arabian horse Pope Leo XIV received purebred Arabian horse ahead of the weekly General Audience, which he received from a pilgrim from Poland.

soliciting a 4-issue Popehorse spin-off miniseries

I know. I love Morrison's work, but I've never thought they have demonstrated having good ideas about the *real world*.

remembering Angela Lansbury on her 100th birthday 💖

Same.

Church's life. I also like the 1986 publication Reconciliation: The Continuing Agenda, which collects essays given at Notre Dame's conference on the sacrament. That's a real treasure trove of shorter pieces.

It's been a while since I've surveyed the literature, but I generally recommend Dallen's "The Reconciling Community" for an all-purpose history of the sacrament. His main thesis is the most commonsense I've found for addressing the variety of forms and ways Rec. has been practiced throughout the

What's the level and purpose?

Angela Lansbury is very much a discovery actor for millennials. She's in their memories as Mrs. Potts and Jessica Fletcher, maybe a VHS tape of Bedknobs and Broomsticks, but there's a deep, varied career there waiting to be seen. Exceptional.

Immaculate production. Came from an era where every new Netflix show felt like an event.

That last bit for sure. I think he still sees himself as the PBS documentary-making evangelist of culture/popularizer of Catholicism and can't for the life of him see how insular his appeal/audience has become.

Eliza Coupe is my favorite "Why is she here?" in that

the *first* night, it's not a one-time event in the season

I think tonight is the night I break out the Halloween cookie dough.

I know the headline everyone's running with is "erotica" but "we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues" and "we are putting personality back in ChatGPT so it will act like a friend" are diametrically opposed statements

that's the cause of most of the mental health issues

Kiki's Delivery Service

I love a boiling potato; it sounds and smells like comfort.

this explains so much about fitness youtube

belief in infallibility derives from and leans heavily upon belief in supremacy.

+ what others have said, I'd note the doctrine of papal infallibility was defined in the same VI constitution (Pastor aeternus) as papal supremacy, and I think the two concepts are inextricable. While pope is not a separate order of priesthood, pope is a unique office within the episcopate, and

Tom Daley is one of the youngest and he's in full "I'm at an industry dinner party" mode.

Really liking Celebrity Traitors. Winsome, mature cast bringing a level of professionalism you don't often see on reality TV. They're having fun but there will be no drama.

Given today's gospel, thinking about this again.

A photo of various little calico critters hanging out in a plaza with a bunch of halloween decor. They’re all dressed up in various halloween costumes (ghost, witch, vampires etc). There are pumpkin decor evrrywhere.

mentally i’m here

I remember my liturgy professor in an intro class explaining one way of understand anamnesis is not strictly as re-presentation of the past but as both the past and present taking part in the eschatological future, and it broke my young mind.

I read the latter in Uma Thurman's Poison Ivy voice and it works.

rarely in a movie does Teri Garr show up and you think, "Oh she'll save this!" and no she does not