Girl. Batgirl. RIP

     Riffing off our post on Bond. Julian Bond, we sadly note the passing of TV's original "Batgirl", Yvonne Craig.

     RIP YC BG.

Bond. Julian Bond. RIP

     Not just some fictional superhero, Julian Bond was a modern-day civil rights hero. He died Saturday, see, e.g., N.Y. Times, Julian Bond, Charismatic Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 75 (noting, inter alia, "Julian’s grandfather James Bond, one of Jane Bond’s sons, was educated at Berea and Oberlin Colleges and became a clergyman." and "he is survived by . . . . a brother, James").

     (Check out also these posts riffing off the "Bond. Julian Bond" theme: http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2011/07/25/the-names-bond-julian-bond/events/the-takeaway/
http://multicultclassics.blogspot.com/2008/12/6242-name-is-bond-julian-bond.html)

     JB, RIP.

Mid-August saintlist

     Saints Edith Stein, Lawrence, Clare of Assisi, Jane Frances de Chantal, Pontian & Hippolytus, Maximilian Mary Kolbe, on this feast of the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. VIII

     Parliament shines a high beam on funk this week, with "Flash Light":

     Funk it up!

August 8 saintlist

     Saints Peter Julian Eymard, Eusebius of Vercelli, John Vianney, Cajetan, Dominic, and Mary MacKillop, around this time of the Feasts of the Dedication of St. Mary Major Basilica and the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. VII

     Tonite we have the oft-sampled "Let It Whip" by the Dazz Band:

     Funk it up!

August 1 saintlist

     Saints Joachim and Anna, Martha, Leopold Mandic, Peter Chrysologus, Ignatius of Loyola, and Alphonsus Liguori, please pray for us.