Conan
The hackers who hacked into Sony have leaked the upcoming script for the new
James Bond movie. Some of the executives said the news left them shaken but not
stirred.
Eric Scheske
GKC Wednesday
Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine
[http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible
for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a
sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson
sent me a
Monday
Miscellaneous Rambling
I kinda feel like Gaudete Sunday [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudete_Sunday]
ushered in the Advent season for me. Everything from Thanksgiving through
Saturday was crunched and rushed, from a flurry of meetings and appointments at
the office to social obligations. While at Mass Satuday night, it
Humorous
H.I.F.
A TDE reader sends this is, with "Beyond Parody" in the subject line. Presented
with no further comment:
"Toledo Councilman Jack Ford, a non-Catholic, said the Pope's comment compelled
him Friday to move forward with calling for a program he had
Sunday
A Random Passage
Another piece of Hudge and Gudge history: "Another group that was overwhelmingly
supportive of Italian fascism was American big business . . .". Thaddeus
Russell, A Renegade History of the United States.
Russell then goes on to provide an impressive (disturbing?) list of examples.
(Untitled)
One of the funnier Onion pieces this year:
> The Onion's Person Of The Year 2014: (TIE) Malala Yousafzai And John Cena
http://t.co/CxFrR0Hhr2 #OurAnnualYear
[https://twitter.com/hashtag/OurAnnualYear?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/X9xMhm0rdA
[http://t.co/X9xMhm0rdA]
> — The Onion (@TheOnion) December 12,
Friday
BYCU
The best drinking story of the month so far: Ale mail
[http://www.cleveland.com/drinks/index.ssf/2014/12/beer_trade_underground_and_ill.html#incart_river]
.
"Some beer aficionados have turned to mailing beers with each other. So a person
in, say, Arizona who has access
Fallon
Facebook revealed that Ebola was the most popular Facebook topic in the U.S.
this year, with the World Cup coming in sixth. So welcome to America, where even
Ebola is more popular than soccer.
Meyers
A flight headed from San Francisco to Phoenix had to make an emergency landing
in L.A. today after a passenger gave birth midflight. The parents called the
birth a miracle while the airline called it a second carry-on.
The woman gave birth in the middle of a flight.
Wednesday
Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine
[http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible
for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a
sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson
sent me a