Something for Sunday Morning
“Souls of prayer are souls of great silence.” Mother Teresa
Eric Scheske
Saturday
The big news this week? Flannery O'Connor. Not really, of course, but Dappled
Things ran a great essay about O'Connor's influence on Bruce Springsteen
[http://dappledthings.org/1148/naming-sin-flannery-oconnors-mark-on-bruce-springsteen/]
. Excerpt:
> Springsteen began reading O'Connor&
Friday
A TDE reader sent me a link to Forbes Craft Beer of the Day
[http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/02/07/craft-beer-of-the-day-hop-mountain-by-old-dominion/?feed=rss_home]
. It's a pretty cool feature. Problem is, I can't seem
Funny Conan
A mother in China gave birth to a 15-pound baby. Chinese officials say it's so
big, it can do the work of two babies.
A new product that's coming out lets you consume caffeine by inhaling it. The
product brings Starbucks one step closer to
Thursday
Miscellany
If it's possible to combine smugness with evil, it's accomplished by Planned
Parenthood. I've noticed the juxtaposition other times, but the most-recent
video ad that congratulates President Obama on smacking down the Catholic Church
wins the cake walk. You can read about
From the Eastern Notebooks
On Zen
In the seventh century, Hung Jen, the fifth patriarch of Chinese Zen Buddhism,
neared death. In order to choose a successor, he asked each monk to compose a
verse that testified to the monk's Zen insight and post it on the wall. Shen
Hsiu, the illustrious
Good Late Night
"Newt Gingrich has criticized “New York elites” who ride the subway. One of
those subway elites threw up on my pants this morning." Letterman
"Happy birthday to Zsa Zsa Gabor, she's 95 years old. I thought she did a great
job at the Super Bowl
Tuesday
State v. Society
Hey! A columnist at the New York Times understands the important Nockian
distinction
between "social power" and "state power" and the related phenomenon that, when
state power goes up, social power goes down
[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/douthat-
Monday
From the Notebooks
Christian Studies in Skepticism
Significant: "Living in history, we experience only the present, the immediate.
This is as it should be; it simplifies decision and directs action (for in this
world only ignorance give us the freedom necessary to act)." Romano Guardini,
The Lord, p.
Something for Sunday Morning
"Lord, may I have balance and measure in everything--except in love." Escriva