Friday BYCU I can't say I've ever read Gentleman's Quarterly. In fact, the term "GQ" and "gay as hell" were pretty much synonymous in my circle while growing up. But when a TDE reader sent me this story, "5 Best
Thursday Congrats to Miguel Cabrera: the first triple crown winner in 45 years. I can't believe there wasn't a lot more media coverage of this phenomenal achievement. It's either a testament to baseball's declining popularity or a testament to the idea that, if
Wednesday Bullets October is a great saint month: Lisieux, Francis, Avila, Bruno. October might be my favorite month of the year anyway. The great saints we commemorate during are just a kicker. * * * * * * * Pretty strong words from a bishop: "[A] vote for a candidate who promotes actions or behaviors that are
Tuesday Nock Notions Our culture? You might say Nock wasn't a big fan: "Our civilization is certainly a poor enough affair, anyone who is even half satisfied with it ought to be ashamed of himself, and everybody ought to kick about it as hard as he can, poke
Monday The Fathers Wanna become Catholic? Read the Church Fathers. That's a consistent theme on Marcus Grodi's The Journey Home, as well as a theme hammered home by my friend, Mike Aquilina. I was reminded of the Catholic thinking of those earliest Christians when reading Evelyn Waugh&
Something for Sunday Morning “It is not good to look at what it is not lawful to desire.” St. Gregory the Great
Saturday Bullets Low-impact weekend. A little work at the office, a little gardening, a little football, a lot of reading. Perfect. * * * * * * * No surprise: "Couples who share the housework are more likely to divorce, study finds [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/9572187/Couples-who-share-the-housework-
Friday Good, clean drinking (and related) pics from the Frankenmuth, Michigan, Bavarian Music Festival earlier this month. Thanks TDE reader Kevin for sending them along:
Thursday I have about two dozen of these gourds, various sizes. I was bummed out that they weren't pumpkins, but I'm kind of digging them now. That's about all I have today. It's the football time of year, and Michael (8th grade) had
Wednesday From the Notebooks The Nock on Babbitt? It's interesting that Sinclair Lewis labeled the repressed character in Babbitt after Irving Babbitt, the Harvard professor from Ohio who emphasized that men must restrain their appetites or America will fall. Lewis' use of the eponym was meant as an