Month: May 2010
No blogging today. After many years, I’ve learned that traffic drops dramatically on holidays, even minor ones like this one, so I take it blogging easy on these days. …
“We must keep ourselves detached from all we feel or do if we are to travel along his path and live only for God and the duties of the …
Brews You Can Use “In 1948 Dallas socialite Margaret “Margarita” Sames wanted a refreshing poolside drink while on vacation in Mexico. Using her favorite liquor, she tested different combinations …
Thoroughly enjoying: Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet: The Life of Luther Martin Man, as I’ve mentioned before, Kauffman has one monster vocabulary. * * * * * * * I …
Miscellany Blurb from Drudge: “During first 36 days of Katrina, Bush made 7 visits to Gulf Coast. . . So far on Day 36 of BP oil leak, Obama …
New Socks Max (6) was content Sunday night. He was sitting in front of eight pairs of new socks: four white, four dark blue. Marie said to me, “Look …
Queer Winds Blowing Ahead The spring blitz continued over the weekend. We got a call at 9:00 Friday night, telling us that our son needed to be at a …
“Without patience our expectation degenerates into wishful thinking. Patience comes from the word ‘patior,’ which means ‘to suffer.’ . . . What seems a hindrance becomes a way; what …
Hung Morning Small hangover this morning. A client hosted a “dry run” for its new restaurant/bar. Oberon is always good, especially when it’s free. I’m paying for it this …
Thursday Miscellany I guess we have an Arab Miss America, which is fine with me, but this line from the Detroit Free Press puzzles me: “she is the first …
Spring concert at the parochial school went pretty late last night, so no time for blogging this morning. Seen at the Inn of St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan — …
More Conspiracy Seeds So, a man on the inside comes forward and says, “The big boys are artificially manipulating the gold and silver markets.” It’s a fairly damning accusation, …