SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2023 

HOME / COOKING / PANS

Say hello to my new little friend, a De Buyer "Mineral B" carbon steel frying pan, 12" diameter.   

That's the brown bag the frying pan came in.  Unusual packaging to be sure, but it works.   

The pan itself is made in France, and is built from very HEAVY gauge carbon steel, with stainless handles.  

Carbon steel is rarely used by home cooks, though it's more common in the restaurant business.   Caron steel will rust, it will discolor, and it needs a lot of maintenance to perform at its best.  As a matter of fact, as soon as you take it out of the bag, you need to bring it over to the sink, and wash and clean it with scalding hot water (and a little soap) to clean off the beeswax that covers the pan to keep it from rusting during storage and shipping.  This will be the first and last time you ever use soap on this pan.   

After a thorough cleaning, you must season the pan, using a good quality oil.   This can take up to an hour to do.  The seasoning has two purposes: it helps to prevent rust, and it causes the pan to develop a non-stick surface.   Those who have and maintain cast iron pans know the drill well, as it's the same type of maintenance.   

So why bother with such a pan?  Because, when used properly by someone who knows how to cook, and how to use these pans, they are capable of incredibly even cooking, and do a great job with pan frying meats of all kind.  The pan is completely oven safe, so you can sear a steak in the pan, then place it in the oven to cook more evenly.    

So far, I've been incredibly impressed with this pan.   For those who want to take their cooking up to the next level, a carbon steel pan is must.   But they certainly aren't for everyone.    

- Pseudo Boethius 

CATHOLICISM / APOSTOLIC VISITATION / BISHOP STRICKLAND

Pope Francis once again releases his dogs to attack truly conservative Catholics, this time it is Bishop Strickland, one of the most well loved Catholic bishops in the USA.   

His crime?  He's conservative.   The pope and the vatican has been constantly attacking conservatives in power in the American Catholic church.  

MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2023 

RELIGION / WOKISM 

Is wokism a religion?  Of course it is.  This is a MUST WATCH video by Calvin Robinson and Robert George.  

MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2023 

CHRISTIANITY / TESTIMONIES / PAUL KINGSNORTH

They way that people come to faith in God is always interesting.   Paul Kingsnorth was all over the map religiously, and finally came to rest in Christianity.   He has quite the story.   

THE 11-11 SERIES

The 11-11 Series are my collection of photos and/or articles that feature the sequence 1111.    

For today's 11-11 photo, I give you one of my most favorite Christians, Calvin Robinson, appearing on the Catholic YouTube channel "Pints with Aquinas".   It was probably 11:11 am when the photo was taken.   

You can watch that video here: Rev. Calvin Robinson

Highly recommended!  

TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2023 

SHIPS / NAVAL / DESTROYERS

The lead ship of the KDDX program is considered a key asset for the future ROK Navy. Therefore, the KDDX model from HHI boasts major new technologies and functions that the ROK Navy has never integrated into their combat vessels before. With a displacement of 9,000 tons (full load, 6,500 tons light displacement), the KDDX aims to become the first indigenous destroyer constructed entirely with domestic technologies, including the hull, combat systems, multifunction radar, and various weapon systems.

Read the rest here: HHI Showcases Latest KDDX Design At MADEX 2023

TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2023 

SHIPS / NAVAL / DESTROYERS

The South Korean Navy has launched a new 8,200-ton destroyer equipped with powerful weapons and state-of-the-art systems.

Named after a visionary king of the Joseon Dynasty, the Jeongjo The Great destroyer was launched at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard.

Around 150 people, including military and senior government officials, were present during the event.

Read the rest of the article here: South Korea Launches New 8,200-Ton Aegis Destroyer

MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2023 

POLITICS / CONSERVATISM 

Dr. Yoram Hazony is one of my heroes.   He is a true intellectual.  

Educated at Princeton University (B.A. in East Asian Studies), and Rutgers University (Ph.D in Political Theory), Yoram founded and was the first editor of Princeton’s conservative student journal, The Princeton Tory, while still an undergraduate. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife Yael Hazony. They have nine children.

TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2023 

CHRISTIANITY / BIBLE / OLD-TESTAMENT

When God says "Jump!" you say "How high?"

And Samuel said to Saul, “The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord.  Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt.  Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

So Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand men of Judah.  And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.  Then Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart; go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.  And Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.  And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.

The word of the Lord came to Samuel:  “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night.  And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told Samuel, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself and turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.”  And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.”  And Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the oxen that I hear?”  Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have devoted to destruction.”  Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! I will tell you what the Lord said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak.”

And Samuel said, “Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.  And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go, devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’  Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?”  And Saul said to Samuel, “I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me. I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have devoted the Amalekites to destruction.  But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”  And Samuel said,

“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,

    as in obeying the voice of the Lord?

Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,

    and to listen than the fat of rams.

For rebellion is as the sin of divination,

    and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,

    he has also rejected you from being king.”

1 Samuel 15 - English Standard Version

SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 2023 

WESTERN CIVILIZATION

An excerpt from "The Race-baiters’ Checkmate and the Critical Collapse of Education":

We are, in the West, fast approaching the precipice of a civilizational collapse. Exactly how far out we are from this precipice is a matter to debate. But, our speed and direction of travel are very clear.

I say this apocalyptically. But not, I think, hyperbolically. For, there has been incubating, growing, and spreading in the West for several decades a mental cancer bent on breaking down and destroying the basic logic of civilization — bent on destroying truth and reason, individualism and freedom.

This cancer was spawned in continental Europe, spread to the Americas, and long festered in our universities. It has slowly grown into other organs of our society — the courts, the tech sector, even healthcare. Periodic rounds of chemo have thus far kept our civilization alive and relatively healthy as we’ve dodged systemic metastasization. In recent years however, this cancer has spread into America’s schools. As it works to overtake the national education system, this mental cancer increasingly jeopardizes the ability of our society to produce antibodies to fight back in other institutions. Without urgent action to exorcise this cancer from America’s schools, we will soon face the certain death of the host, and a coming apart of Western civilization.

This mental cancer is called “leftism.” While the left/right dichotomy means different things to different people, here I’m referring to those individuals and groups espousing cultural Marxist ideologies and using postmodernist theory as a rhetorical and political weapon to help drive their cultural Marxist agenda.

Read the rest here: The Race-baiters’ Checkmate and the Critical Collapse of Education