Something for Sunday Morning
"Holiness is not the luxury of the few--it is a simple duty for you and for me.
We have been created for that." Mother Teresa
Eric Scheske
BYCU
The Rise of Vodka
A good friend and client started up his own distillery in my hometown. It's
fully licensed and operational. Its first product is Incentive Vodka
[http://www.incentivevodka.com/The-Vodka.html], and it's winning awards and
spreading. I hadn't taken
Drink Heavily
Time cover:
Thursday
Thursday Miscellany
Seen at Zero Hedge: "The price of a Big Mac is in Zurich is now so high (at
$17.19) that a minimum wage employee in Minneapolis, Minnesota, would have to
work for nearly 4-hours in order to afford it. This is what stability looks like
Wednesday
Creative Destruction
Someone on Facebook started one of those, "You know you're from _______ when"
sites. I joined the group for my hometown and started reading the various
memories. One really struck me:
> When I started carrying mail in 1966 there must have been a dozen
Monday
The picture is courtesy of The Onion. It was the best picture from my weekend
surfing.
China Gloating
The official Chinese news agency is gloating over the AA+. I can't say I blame
them, but they're the goats: they're holding most of the debt.
Something for Sunday Morning
“Wonder is the desire for knowledge.” St. Thomas Aquinas
AA+
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/sandp-considering-first-downgrade-of-us-credit-rating/2011/08/05/gIQAqKeIxI_print.html
AA+ is still higher than any other borrower would get under similar
circumstances.
-- Mobile post
Friday
BYCU
Wasn't Cornwall the earliest country to succumb to England? I think it succumbed
so long ago, people forget that it once existed independently. That's my
understanding anyway. I guess it's a fairly poor region of the UK, kinda like
Scotland without the drunks
Thursday
Drinking Corner
It's every wine snobs worst nightmare: box wines are gaining credibility.
According to this article (Link
[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/dining/reviews/boxed-wines-review.html?_r=1]
), it was merely a matter of time. Boxed wines have all sorts of advantages,
including