Something for Sunday Morning
“Contradiction and contentiousness come from deceit, a companion of unbelief and
haughtiness.” The Philokalia
Eric Scheske
Friday
BYCU
Blatz plays a key role at the end of The Adventures of Beer Man, so when I saw
this poster, I decided to post it.
New Beer Writer
I ran across an unfamiliar beer writer this week, E.D. Kain. Earlier this week,
he wrote a decent post about
Thursday
Don't You Dare Call It a Ponzi!
Governor Perry referred to Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme" and the Left went
ape. Somehow, they think it's nuts to refer to Social Security as a Ponzi
arrangement, even though their own darling, Paul Krugman, has
Tuesday
From the Notebooks
Allegations of Brownson's inconsistencies in later years are often misplaced.
Recent biographer R.A. Herrera, for instance, alleges that Brownson's view on
the democratic revolution that was picking up speed in the mid-nineteenth
century flip-flopped. Herrera criticizes Brownson for saying, in
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The Gricester
Dylan Grice is a brilliant man. Based on this picture, he's about 17-years-old,
but he's also Société Générale's Cross Asset Research strategist whose
learning branches far beyond investments and economics.
Consider carefully his most recent piece (much
Something for Sunday Morning
“The most important thing is to pray and pray and pray.” Mother Teresa
Friday
BYCU
I really like a good drinking glass, whether it's a big wine cup or a solid
pilsner. For those enamored with comic books, these pint glasses looks pretty
cool, though I can't believe the neo-Prohibitionists aren't going to scream
"foul"
Thursday
The Kavorka
A Dutch woman who called a man 65,000 times in the past year - an average of
178
calls a day - is to face charges of stalking
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14913053]. Kinda reminds me of my high
school years. My parents had to
Wednesday
Drinking Corner
This a merciful thing: "Some of America's most famous beers have lost a
tremendous amount of their national sales over the last five years. Mostly, they
are full-calorie beers, and they have lost sales to lower-calorie products, as
well as imports and craft
Tuesday
Detroit Poetry
I split a couple of bottles of wine with Uncle Verny last night. He lives in
Texas, but he grew up in Detroit. In the early 1960s, he worked in a convenience
store on Five Mile Road (for those unacquainted with Detroit, everything south
of Eight Mile
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