Something for Sunday Morning
"Peace is our final good."
St. Augustine
Eric Scheske
BYCU
Buddery Slope to Water
A TDE reader sends this along: "AB InBev's adjusted EBITDA in its North American
division, which is mainly the U.S. market, rose 43% to $1.74 billion from $1.22
billion a year ago. In addition to cost-cutting, the brewer'
From the Notebooks
Much in modern Christological arguments strikes me as ridiculous. In these
arguments, theologians try to figure out what Christ was like, given that he was
a combination of God and man. I don't purport to comprehend the arguments, but
from what I understand, there's higher Christology
Global Warming and Sundry
Calling Aesop
Compelling piece from Time Magazine
[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944914,00.html]:
> As they review the bizarre and unpredictable weather pattern of the past several
years, a growing number of scientists are beginning to suspect that many
seemingly contradictory meteorological fluctuations are
Tuesday Twitter
Twitter
3 Lousy Reasons to Consider an Antidepressant Medication
[http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/brain-and-behavior/2009/08/06/3-lousy-reasons-to-consider-an-antidepressant-medication.html]
. (1) You're a Detroit Lions fan. (2) You've ran out of beer and the grocery
stores
Monday Moanin'
GKC Corner
I'm often startled to see how many G.K. Chesterton people I see on the web. This
last weekend, I was reading Touchstone [http://www.touchstonemag.com/], and I
saw one of its contributors, Lydia McGrew, blogs at "What's Wrong with the World
Something for Sunday Morning
"Often, though, we will find the Cross in the ordinary and even trivial things
that we encounter in the course of run-of-the-mill days: fatigue; lacking the
time we would like to do things; having to renounce a pleasant plan we had made;
bearing with love the
BYCU
Craft Trekkies
I've undeniably benefited from the whole "micro-brew/craft brew" phenomenon.
Most of my favorite beers are craft beers, and I love the resulting assortment
now available everywhere, even at ordinary grocery stores. But the whole thing
still has a "nerd" feel
Thursday Hodgepodge
Joke
A University of Michigan grad and a Michigan State grad were sitting in the
barbershop. They were both just getting finished with their shaves when the
barbers reached for some after-shave to slap on their faces.
The MSU grad shouted, "Hey, don't put that stuff
Dr. K and Neologisms
Encore for Dr. K
Pat Buchanan asks hard questions about the euthanasia undercurrents of Obama
Health Care
[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/08/04/time_to_go_grampa_97751.html]
. From the conclusion:
> In the early 20th century, with the influence of Social Darwinism, the
utilitarian concept that