The Saga of Las Colinas and Its Thaumaturgic Rebirth (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) One of the more complicated aspects of chronicling the effects of St. Remedius Medical College on the greater Dallas area, both before and after the College’s disappearance, involves the various artifacts of city development that might be misconstrued. Was the giant half-ruined castle atop a hill overlooking one of the local…
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St. Remedius Medical College: “The Ghost In The Server”
When Electronic Immortality Strikes Back (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Long before the formation of the original Order of St. Remedius, the general consensus on the ability to preserve a presence after death was not only accepted by mystics and religious leaders, but accepted as a given. Some self remained around a body well after all vital signs ceased, depending upon the will and the…
St. Remedius Medical College: “For Whom the Owl Hoots”
In Dallas, the Superb Owl Is More Than One Day (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Dallas, Texas has a very special and specific tradition: the ability to turn any ethnic or parochial holiday, no matter how obscure, into an excuse for a majority of its citizenry to drink themselves into comas. St. Patrick’s Day? Cinco de Mayo? Mardi Gras? Oktoberfest? Belo Glasnost? All are opportunities…