Something Different for Sunday Morning
Me to Michael (ten years old) this morning: “You know what’s bad about the Lions playing on Thanksgiving?” Michael: “What?” Me: “They don’t play today.” Michael: “At least we …
Month: November 2008
Something for Sunday Morning
“When Christmas arrives, Our Lord should find us with everything in order and our soul fit to receive Him, just as He ought to find us in our final …
From the Notebooks
I believe people enjoy a certain measure of doubt or incertitude. This would make sense. As limited human beings, we simply cannot understand everything so it follows that we …
One Thing
I hear Mike and Mike in the Morning (ESPN radio talk show hosts) want the Thanksgiving Day game pulled from Detroit. I had always liked Mike and Mike, but, …
Thanksgiving Day
It’s been a good year. I can’t deny that I’m concerned about the economic future, but for now, everything is good, and that’s enough for me. The past is …
Brews You Can Use: Special Black Wednesday Edition
Ah, the best time of the year: A four-day weekend yawns in front of America, as do an assortment of drinks. This college student tries to assess why people …
Tuesday Miscellany
The holidays approach. Not much time for blogging, and not much bloggable information out there. Personal responsibility took another step back: Canada ruled that fat people must get a …
Something for Sunday Morning
“Every sin, if persisted in, will become heinous.” Samuel Johnson
Brews You Can Use
My office is uprooting to prepare for new carpeting and my house is going to have 20 overnight guests this weekend, plus another ten or so guests Saturday evening …
Thursday Miscellany
Well, the Dow dropped below 8,000. Panic time? Naw, I’m past that. I panicked 15 months ago and sold off a chunk, and I panicked last February and sold …
Early Christmas
I’m jammed at the office right now. All I have today is a sneak preview of my family’s Christmas card: (TDE returns to a white background tomorrow.)
From the Highlighter
I read a lot. It’s a trait I inherited from my parents. But one thing about my reading deviates sharply from theirs. Whereas they keep their library in good …