Month: January 2009

Tonight, I drink. It’s my Dad’s anniversary of his discharge from the Marines. I gave him a “dinner and drinks” certificate for Christmas. He’s cashing it in for this …

A friend forwarded this latest “end all, be all” of web surfing: allmyfaves.com. It’s a pretty good site. I’ve bookmarked it. __________ Ah, crap: Pepsi is now using its …

I watched Idiocracy with my wife and older children on Saturday. It’s the funniest dark comedy I’ve ever seen. The premise: a young man wakes up 500 years in …

His Influence Perhaps the most striking aspect of Brownson’s thought is his perceptiveness. Although he concentrated on contemporary American issues, writing what is known as “periodical literature,” the truths …

Light drinking news this morning. Couple of reasons: I took my oldest children to Mall Cop last night (my rating: 5, but better than I though it’d be), with …

Some new, some old. Some in progress, some finished. Some repeats, some originals. In Conversation with God, Francis Fernandez, $129.65. This is a flat-out classic. I bought it on …

So I was in charge of dinner Saturday evening. I picked Taco Bell, with a Hot-n_Now (regional fastfood burger franchise) for the non-Mexican eaters. Final damage: 8 hamburgers, 5 …

His Conversion Although Brownson hadn’t given any serious thought about Catholicism until the 1840s, it would be wrong to suppose that he hadn’t made any progress toward the Church …