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Barrel of Gifts The naked dude with a barrel really was once a thing. But it apparently wasn’t for broke people, but for hungover people. If someone got really …
Month: July 2020
From the Notebooks
From the Gardening Journals Political discourse rarely interests me. Hollywood gossip bores me. Sporting events hold my attention as good as any pop culture event, but when I see …
Wednesday
HIF My home Charter internet service has crashed. Just this for today: For fans of comedian Gary Gulman, the actor’s brief cameo in a pivotal scene during director Todd …
Miscellany
Free Cardinal Newman Great find at Spotify: A high-quality recording of John Henry Newman’s Apologia Pro Vita Sua. Completely free. It kind of blew me away to see someone …
Monday Miscellany
Urban Areas Man, LA is awful. Jack and Andrea just returned from his honeymoon that he ended there. This pic is from the alley that led to their Air …
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The Teetotaling Eudemon? The dog days of summer. It looks like the hottest (the doggiest) days are behind us, but it’s still plenty warm. I don’t know whether I’m …
Misc.
Lines, Lines, Everywhere a Line This is the line outside a Gucci store at a Chicago mall. A similar line was standing outside the Nike store. Marie was told …
From the Notebooks
20th Century Existentialism Four subjects that were wildly popular in the 20th century: Zen arose when Mahayana Buddhism merged with Taoism. Buddhism is steeped in a thing called “monism,” …
CSL
Meilaender’s in the House Gilbert Meilaender was recently featured on Mars Hill Audio. I haven’t listened to the interview yet, but I will. I honestly didn’t even know Meilaender …
Miscellany
Uncut Crap Worst. Movie. Ever. Uncut Gems. Actually, what I should say is, “Worst. Movie. Ever. That. Everyone. Is. Praising.” I’ve heard this movie praised on podcasts. I’ve heard …
Everything You Wanted to Know about Bohemianism
Other dangerous or perverse unconventional groups also arose and were also put down between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries. Cathars, Alumbrados, Brethren of the Free Spirit, and witch cults …
Developing a Sense for History
If you liked the podcast series, you might like this adaptation: If You Can Memorize Just Ten Years, You Can Develop an Historical Framework