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# Monday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/26836/
- Published: 2013-01-21T06:16:58.000Z
- Updated: 2013-01-21T06:16:58.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Books, Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Snake-Handlers-225x300.jpg "Snake Handlers")

Those are four of my kids, handling a snake during their visit to Detroit these past few days. I think the picture is gross. Snakes give me the willies. It's because I have such a finely-honed sense of original sin and the snake's role in the existence (or non-existence, as it were) of evil. \* \* \* \* \* \* \* Okay, it's just because I'm a wuss. \* \* \* \* \* \* \* One month of winter down. Two to go. \* \* \* \* \* \* \* I envy the St. Louis Cardinals because of their beer, their historical success, but most of all, because they had Stan the Man. The devout Catholic died this weekend. [Fr. Z had perhaps the best Catholic tribute](http://wdtprs.com/blog/2013/01/stan-the-man-r-i-p/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). \* \* \* \* \* \* \* How many Americans have read 22 non-fiction books in their adult lives, much less have 22 non-fiction books to recommend? [Dylan Grice has presented his list of must-read books.](http://www.businessinsider.com/dylan-grice-book-recommendations-2013-1?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). It's a great list and should interest anyone who finds current finance (and the recent history that led up to our current mess) interesting. \* \* \* \* \* \* \* I was startled to see him recommend Bonner's *Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets*. I loved that book. From its prose to its ideas to its approach, it was unique and, I suspect, a masterpiece on some level. But I also thought Bonner was viewed as a crank, maybe also a smidgeon dishonest with his financial marketing ideas; in general, beyond the pale of respectable financial opinion. Apparently not, which I was glad to see. If you haven't read Bonner's book, I highly recommend it.