Monday
The Return Monday
I've returned from vacation. Same as every year: Houghton Lake (Michigan's
largest inland lake) for a week with Marie, seven kids, and 40 in-laws. It's a
pleasant time, and it leaves a ton of time for reading. It's the
Eric Scheske
Something for Sunday Morning
"[Y]our very prayers against the angry feelings that trouble you should be
gentle, calm, and without vehemence." St. Francis de Sales
Saturday
Mini-Review
Leisure, The Basis of Culture by John Pieper (1948).
Choice quote: "[T]here can be unused space in the total world of work."
Obsessed with efficiency? I am. At least I used to be. I'm a recovering
efficiencoholic. It was bad, so bad that my
Funny Fallon
A family in Colorado was reunited with their lost bulldog, after it was found
500 miles away. In response, the bulldog was like, “Jeez, can't these people
take a hint?”
A new study found that pigeons can actually recognize human faces. So I guess my
pigeon friend was
Friday
Mini-Review
Studies in Classic American Literature by D. H. Lawrence (1923).
Choice quote: “I should think the American admiration of five-minutes tourists
has done more to kill the sacredness of old European beauty and aspiration than
multitudes of bombs would have done.”
Yeah, I know: D. H. Lawrence among Catholic
Funny Fallon
Over the weekend, a man in Tennessee was kicked out of a Kenny Chesney concert
because he looked too much like Kenny Chesney. That actually happens a lot – in
fact, my grandma was kicked out of an Aerosmith concert for looking too much
like Steven Tyler.
Thursday
Mini-Review
Introduction: If you find these reviews bizarre yet orthodox, I have
accomplished my goal. If you find them entertaining yet profound, I am humbled.
If they brings you a little closer to classic works of the twentieth century, I
am gratified. If you forward the review to friends with
Wednesday
Mini-Review
Introduction: If you find these reviews bizarre yet orthodox, I have
accomplished my goal. If you find them entertaining yet profound, I am humbled.
If they brings you a little closer to classic works of the twentieth century, I
am gratified. If you forward the review to friends with
The Evening Eudemon
From the current issue of New York Magazine:
In Hell's Kitchen recently, two overweight tourists caused a pedicab to tip over
backward. TDE comment: It's a phenomenon slated to increase. A study released
this week says that 33% of all Americans are now obese.
In Central
Tuesday
Mini-Review
Introduction: If you find these reviews bizarre yet orthodox, I have
accomplished my goal. If you find them entertaining yet profound, I am humbled.
If they brings you a little closer to classic works of the twentieth century, I
am gratified. If you forward the review to friends with