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Moving Bottles Moving weekend. Whew. I’ve taken care of all the things I care about: my books, my liquor, and my gardening stuff. But Marie is now demanding that …
Month: February 2020
Sleeping
Sleep Trick I rarely fall asleep while listening to anything, but I’ve long used some sort of recorded narrative to get back to sleep after I wake up in …
The Lawyer and the Dead: Joke
A man spoke to each of his three sons when he sent them to college. “I feel it’s my duty to provide you with the best possible education, and …
Ash Wednesday
Lent and the Babylon Bee Welcome to Lent 2020. It’s a season of penance, renewal, and grace. It don’t get no better than that. Of course, it’s also the …
Moneyme
GoFundMe I’m a big fan of GoFundMe. As a rule, I try to donate at least a few dollars to any campaign that helps a person dealing with a …
Episode 64 Show Notes
Gnostics v. Metaxy, GMO v. Non-GMO, Athens v. Sparta Gnosticism matters because it has heated up lately. Heck, that’s an understatement. It was simmering in the 18th-19th centuries. It …
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Outlaw Drinking This is probably the most interesting alcohol news of the year: El Chapo is launching a beer . . . from prison. Technically, that’s not accurate. His …
Floating Sex
Forms of Captivity Are those folks still quarantined on the cruise ship? No fear: Porn is here. Porn Company Offers Free Webcam Sessions To Quarantined Cruise Passengers. It’s not …
Zuck and Soros and Don and Pete
Geek, Red, Orange, Gay I don’t know what Zuckerberg did, but he has really gotten George Soros’ pants in a bunch (a sensation I’m guessing Soros hasn’t experienced for …
Twelve Aquinas Aphorisms
Simple observations from the medieval poster boy will give you new perspectives The famous historian Will Durant ranked Thomas Aquinas as the fourth greatest thinker of all time. When …
Five Dispositions that Can Make Your Life More Productive and Happy
The philosophy of focusing on a slow and loving existence in the quiet now
Murder and Sin in LA
Murder in Hollywood Hills Death is always tragic, but some deaths provide a lot of unfortunate humor material. “Playboy model-turned-Hollywood sex therapist Dr. Amie Harwick murdered by ex-boyfriend who …