Patron Saint of TV
Yes indeed there is one.... Not just an comic invention by some bored or desperate editor locked in a sunlight deprived haze for too long - but an official, Papal sanctioned, (1958 Pope Pius XII) Patron Saint of TV.
St Clare of Assisi.
Apparently she achieved this status by conjuring up an image of the mass on her bedroom wall when she was too sick to attend. A forerunner to the hospital, wall bracketd TV's that are always up loud enough to piss of the anyone in the bed next to you.
Now usually such saintly, 'miraculous' events are truly uninspiring. A statue of the Virgin Mary leaking olive oil in an abscure grotto in Europe is hardly worth getting excited about. If thats the best God can pull of his production budget must have really been slashed.
But with good old Saint Clare we finally have a Saint who pulled off something truly impressive. Analogue broadcast...
So as we move into the age where analogue is put to pasture we should all construct a small grotto in our edit bays dedicated to good ol' St Clarry.
Posted at 12:00AM Feb 12, 2008
by Mike Jones in general |
Actually, a question: do you remember where you found this statue of St Clare? If so, please let me know. Thanks, David
Posted by David on August 20, 2008 at 11:07 PM EST #
the site i found where you could buy them was this one
http://www.newburycomics.com/rel/v2_viewupc.php?storenr=103&upc=103-0627024NEWBU
But there are likely others.
cheers
mike
Posted by mike jones on August 25, 2008 at 07:47 AM EST #