Something for Sunday Morning
“Modesty is praised in humans because it is not a matter of nature, but of
will.” Lactantius
Eric Scheske
Brews You Can Use
I assembled this post while watching the BCS championship game last night. I was
using my laptop, so I didn't have my normal assortment of beer bookmarks. I was
reduced to surfing naked (sorry, no pics) The results weren't bad:
Beer News Dot Org [http://beernews.
Thursday
All Show, No Substance
You want to see how grotesque national politics has become? Check out this
passage from an AP story
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul]
(emphasis added):
> Pelosi and four committee chairmen met with the president Wednesday
Wednesday
Grant a Bull
An economics writer I trust is bullish. That, according to New York magazine. I
like NYM, but I don't trust it. Awhile back, I remember they wrote about the
sense of public service that prompts Goldman Sachs to require its executives to
take government job
Tuesday
Calamity Insurance
What percentage of your investments should be in precious metals? Of that
percentage, should you count gold-mining stocks? Those are questions I struggle
with. I don't really have any good benchmarks, but I've heard "no more than 10%"
offered by mainstream
Monday
Commentary on the Never-Ending Economic Crisis
I hardly consider myself a neo-con, but their flagship publication, Commentary,
has some awfully good stuff occasionally. In the January 2010 issue, David M.
Smick dissects the current monetary and public debt mess in great detail
[http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/
Something for Sunday Morning
"When man begins to see and to live from God's perspective, when he is a
companion on Jesus' way, then he lives by new standards, and something of the
eschaton, of the reality to come, is already present." Benedict XVI.
January 1
The New Year
I rang in the new year with my brothers and friends at the Drinking Club . . .
until 8:00, then went home and took a short nap, ate pizza, helped clean up the
mess from having a dozen kids in the house all afternoon and evening, watched a
NY Eve BYCU
Sundry Drinking Items
I head out to the Drinking Club this afternoon for college bowl games, manly
conversation, and beer. It won't be the same without my father, but I'm still
looking forward to it. I won't be running a Brews You Can Use
Wednesday
Autobiographical Corner
Whew. Another whirlwind holiday. When I rolled over at 6:10 a.m. yesterday
morning, I couldn't believe it was already time to get up. I was plastered to
the mattress after five Christmas celebrations, which included stops in Detroit
and car troubles.
Overall, it was