Happy Memorial Day
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. …
Month: May 2010
Something for Sunday Morning
“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 …
Friday
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 …
Thursday
Thoroughly enjoying: Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet: The Life of Luther Martin Man, as I’ve mentioned before, Kauffman has one monster vocabulary. * * * * * * * I …
Wednesday
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 …
Tuesday
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 …
Monday
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 …
Something for Sunday Morning
“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 …
Brews You Can Use
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
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 …
Painting
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 — …
Tuesday
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, …