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# Books and Junk
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/5269/
- Published: 2007-01-08T10:00:32.000Z
- Updated: 2007-01-08T10:00:32.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

Want beautiful Catholic books? Go here: [Baronius Press](http://www.baroniuspress.com/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Baronius is a new publisher dedicated to bringing out handsome volumes of Catholic classics.

![Baronius Books.gif](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/Baronius-20Books.gif)

Handsome . . . and reasonably priced. I may have to buy a few.

With the exception of about 10% of my books, I have a poor man's library. For 20 years, my criteria for books have been (i) cheap, (ii) no tearing, and (iii) no underlining or highlighting (though I underline books frequently). If it met those criteria, I bought 'em, no matter how ratty they looked. But lately I've been tempted to buy better volumes. There's something about holding a fine book: fine binding should go with fine prose. It's probably related to the whole idea of ecological psychology ([click here for previous post 'bout eco psych](https://thedailyeudemon.com/5013/)).

I spent time with my teeny-bopper children last night, watching *[Grease: You're the One That I Want](http://www.nbc.com/Grease/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)*. It was *American Idol* in different clothing. The entire *A.I.* format--from the laughable contestants to a three-judge panel to a Simon Cowell wannabe to a Ryan Seacrest counterpart--was copied. They added a dance segment, but that was the only thing different. Bad stuff. Not recommended, unless you're a masochist.

[Best books of 2006, as recommended by Ignatius Press staff and authors](http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2007/bestbooks2006%5Fjan07.asp?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Pleasant reading.

[Men push back and claim space](http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070106/NEWSREC0104/70105022&ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Excerpt:

> "Women typically have control of the house . . . And the guy's stuff gets pushed into some closet or relegated to a bedside table."

> But as Martin's book documents, some men push back.

> Flip through the chapters and you'll find an amateur astronomer's private observatory, a Japan buff's rustic teahouse, a hunter's collection of more than 300 taxidermy specimens.

> And plenty of places to serve and drink beer.

I like it. I have a study, off in the corner of my basement: big L-shaped desk, computer, 2,500 books, satellite desk, two upholstered chairs, wine bottles, wine pictures, assortment of games and other stuff. I can't post any pictures right now, but maybe later this week.

Funny Leno from last week:

> There's a little scandal in a community outside of Dallas after cheerleaders at a local high school appeared in photos on myspace.com drinking, smoking, and flashing their underwear and at a "condoms to go” store. . . I don't get the name. "Condoms to go.” Did they have a big problem with people coming in and buying them and then using them right there?