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> During the middle ages, monks usually had a ration of 2-4 liters of beer per day & typically increased over the Christmas season. > — Drunken History (@DrunkenHistory) December 14, 2014 [https://twitter.com/DrunkenHistory/status/544158636885700608]

Friday

Brews You Can Use: Special Holiday Edition Christmas is nigh. I've never been much of a Christmas drinker. Thanksgiving? Sure, but Christmas? Nope. I certainly don't have a religious problem with drinking, since, as long-time TDE readers know, I practically consider alcohol a sacramental, but

Meyers

A new poll about the 2016 election shows that just 27 percent of voters would be likely to support Chris Christie. And only 4 percent of chairs. After closing their final session, the outgoing 113th Congress has an approval rating of just 16 percent. To give you some perspective, Cosby

Thursday

A TDE reader sends along this email: "I sent my brother that Talib quote: 'Never listen to a leftist who does not give away his fortune or does not live the exact lifestyle he wants others to follow.' "He used it with co-workers, a flurry

I Gotta Read More Bernanos.

Whatta great quote > "Pride has no intrinsic substance, being no more than the name given to the soul devouring itself." -Georges Bernanos pic.twitter.com/ZBaTFSGZUx [http://t.co/ZBaTFSGZUx] > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) December 18, 2014 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/status/545380696450404353]

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.

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.