Friday
When I got back from vacation, I realized the YouTube video I posted was
indecent. Actually, the video wasn't bad, but the "still shot" displayed on the
TDE page was, so I've deleted it. My apologies for anybody offended. In lieu,
here's
Eric Scheske
Thursday
Seen on the Internet
"The Continental Dollar dropped to 1/16500th of a troy ounce of gold, or the
price of gold "increased" to $16,500 Continental Dollars before the currency was
terminated."
Wednesday
From the Notebooks
From 2004
I suspect the act of reading may have become more difficult than the act of
writing. Five (even two) years ago, I would've scoffed at the notion that
reading is harder than writing. Now I'm not so sure.
Why could that
Tuesday
Received in an Email
1. The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He
acquired his size from too much pi.
2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be
an optical Aleutian .
3. She was
Seen on the Internet
"5% of Twitter users generate 75% of the Tweets."
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
"The fact is that purification and austerity are even more necessary for the
appreciation of life and laughter than for anything else." Chesterton
Seen on the Internet
"Back in 1927, Lenin offered some shockingly prescient predictions for the
century ahead:
Germany will militarize herself out of existence,
England will expand herself out of existence,
and America will spend herself out of existence."
Interesting
"A recent article in The Wall Street Journal tells the tale...
"'Argentina's government has filed criminal charges against the managers of an
economic consulting firm,' the paper reads, 'escalating its persecution of
independent economists.'
"Apparently a local firm, MyS Consultores, published