Friday
BYCU
Whenever I think of Australian beer, I think of Foster Lager. Because it was my
Dad's beer of choice back in the 1980s, it was my beer of choice ("If it's free,
it's me"). I loved those big oil cans. When
Eric Scheske
Kimmel
The world's oldest person has died. Again. Third time this year. Someone is
killing the world's oldest people and we do nothing about it.
Fallon
The Obama administration announced that a woman will replace Alexander Hamilton
on the $10 bill starting in 2020. I want to be the first person to congratulate
Caitlyn Hamilton.
Meyers
President Obama this weekend used the N-word when speaking about race relations
in America. Which explains why everyone at Fox News today kept shouting, “And I
quote ”¦”
A Pennsylvania brewery said that it is introducing a new beer to honor the late
Penn State football coach, Joe Paterno. And if
Kimmel
I hope everyone who deserved it had a good Father's Day. Kids will buy cards and
T-shirts and even little trophies that say their father is the best dad in the
world. But the fact of the matter is that simple math tells us the vast majority
of
Wednesday
Chesterton Short(s)
This isn't really GKC, but the current issue of Gilbert
[http://www.chesterton.org/membership/]features an interview between Dale
Ahlquist and Thomas Cook, a psychiatrist. This exchange cracked me up:
Dale: You have worked as a forensic psychiatrist in a state hospital. That
sounds
The Barbarians II
Ruminations on the Fall of Rome
There were many other barbarian “tribes” milling around the Empire's borders, but of those who (by conventional understanding) initially set up kingdoms in the old Roman Empire in the West, all of them were forces within the Empire that worked with the
The Barbarians I
Ruminations on the Fall of Rome
Mike Duncan, of The History of Rome podcast, on the coming war between Theodosius and Maximus (in the late 380s). Here's Duncan's description of Theodosius' army:
“Theodosus' top field generals, Ricimer and Ricimer's nephew, Arbogast, were
Saturday
If you're crunched for a Father's Day gift this year:
Friday
Brews You Can Use
This is one of the coolest things I've seen in awhile, even though I can't
imagine I'd ever buy it: Palcohol (powdered alcohol)
[http://abcnews.go.com/Health/palcohol-powdered-alcohol-approved-feds/story?id=29580363]
.
Of course the neo-Prohibitionists' radars are going