Do It for the Children The number one friend of big government: The Crisis. When there’s a crisis, the government says it needs more power in order to deal with it, and then it scarcely ratchets its newly-acquired power back down after the crisis is over. Big government’s second best friend: the children (pronounced, “The […]
Antifragility Nassim Taleb is coming out with a new book. It sounds great. Unfortunately, it won’t be available for another eight months. I listened to a podcast about it. Twice . . . but mostly due to circumstance (I was driving in bad weather in the dark and didn’t dare take my eyes off the […]
So colleges and university take it on the chin twice: First, Obama tells them they need to control tuition. Second, Apple announces that they’ll sell textbooks . . . for as low as $17.99. Obama’s words, of course, are fatuous. In the same speech, he pushed for more college tax credits and grant moneys . […]
BYCU I’m not sure why it’s newsworthy, but it’s definitely brewsworthy: Pat Sajak says he and Vanna White got drunk before Wheel of Fortune tapings back in the day. Gotta love Sajak’s candor: At the time, the show had a long break during tapings when he and White would go to a nearby Mexican restaurant […]
Soros the Austrian? George Soros grabbed headlines yesterday with an interview in Newsweek. The rabid leftist octogenarian investment icon and social activist ain’t too optimistic. He’s expecting riots in the U.S., lots of deflation, and a gold smack-down (though one source says he’s buying gold . . . we won’t know until the Q4 reports […]
“During a debate, Mitt Romney said he grew up in the real streets of America. Yes, the real streets, where people pull up next to you and ask if you have any Grey Poupon.” Kimmel — Mobile post Bookmark it: del.icio.us | Reddit | Slashdot | Digg |
I bought a greenhouse. It’s just a little thing: 57″w x 29″d x 77″h. It’s an exaggeration to call it a “house,” since it’s really a tent and it’s portable. You can click on the picture to see what it looks like. So does anyone know anything about greenhouse gardening? I live in southern Michigan, […]
Like Waiting for Godot? If there is any literary merit to The Adventures of Beer Man, it came from my close study of Flannery O’Connor’s Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose. It’s a great book for the fiction writer. I would lend you my copy, but it’s scarcely legible, what with all the underlinings and notes […]
BYCU This is a nice picture. It’s by the drinker’s artist, Douglas Crockwell, and entitled “A Winter Evening at Home.” I won’t be spending this evening at my house, but instead will be frequenting a downtown bar to listen to two friends play guitar and cover Jimmy Buffett and songs of his genre (read: mellow). […]
Drinking Corner This Drinking Corner is a two-fer: First, I might have found the most dedicated beer blogger in America and, if not America, then at least in Ohio. He runs the Ohio Beer Blog. It’s updated frequently with good content. While checking it out, I ran across this great article: America’s 100 Best Beer […]
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