In the Greek Orthodox Church, today is the name day of St. John, so my wife wanted to take Communion in memory of her father.

And you will never convince me that the artist who assembled the crucifiction mosaic at St. Nicholas in Northridge didn’t know that the poor bastard in the blue head scarf would be looking directly into the sun for the rest of his existence, and put his hand up as a favor.

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