Conan
Last night the Los Angeles Kings won Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals in
overtime. Fans in L.A. went crazy after they heard about it this morning at
work.
Eric Scheske
BYCU
BYCU
Gin and tonic season is upon us. Even manly men will occasionally succumb and
drink one on a hot day.
I googled it and found this interesting piece at About.com
[http://cocktails.about.com/od/spirits/p/gist_gin.htm]. From the intro:
> Gin was created by
Meyers
This summer marks the 75th anniversary of Little League Baseball. Or to put it
in Little League terms, six innings.
Conan
The co-founder of Burt's Bees was forced out of the company for having an affair
with an employee. He was caught during a sting operation.
Thursday
Some things never change. Writing about Bacon's Rebellion (1676) in his People's
History, Howard Zinn discusses Nathaniel Bacon's “Declaration of the People,”
saying it “shows a mixture of populist resentment against the rich and frontier
hatred of the Indians. It indicted the [Governor] Berkeley
Fallon
Tim Tebow said that he's staying in shape in case he gets another opportunity to
play in the NFL. Then his boss said, “That's great, but these Waffle Tacos ain't
going to make themselves, so . . .”
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
Tuesday
In his most recent collection of essays, Joseph Epstein recounts growing up in
the 1950s. It sounds like a pretty good era. This passage really struck home
with me:
> Play was not yet organized. The endless cycle of lessons and special tutoring
for middle-class children had not begun
Monday
Miscellaneous Rambling
I spend hours in my garden. I spend a fair amount of time walking. I
occasionally am forced to drive an hour or more in my car. I burn through good
audio programs like Rob Ford burns through crack. I'm constantly running out of
good free
Sunday
Is the Catholic Church serious about promoting priestly vocations? Then it needs
to get rid of female altar servers.
Now don't get me wrong: The girls who have stepped up and served (especially in
my parish) have been a real blessing. We have troubles getting enough altar
servers