Something for Sunday Morning
"Every sin, if persisted in, will become heinous."
Samuel Johnson
Eric Scheske
Brews You Can Use
My office is uprooting to prepare for new carpeting and my house is going to
have 20 overnight guests this weekend, plus another ten or so guests Saturday
evening (my oldest is getting confirmed). I don't have much time for blogging,
but I found this great feature article
Thursday Miscellany
Well, the Dow dropped below 8,000
[http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081119/wall_street.html?.v=49]. Panic time? Naw, I'm
past that. I panicked 15 months ago and sold off a chunk, and I panicked last
February and sold off a large chunk. Now I'
Early Christmas
I'm jammed at the office right now. All I have today is a sneak preview of my
family's Christmas card:
(TDE returns to a white background tomorrow.)
From the Highlighter
I read a lot. It's a trait I inherited from my parents. But one thing about my
reading deviates sharply from theirs. Whereas they keep their library in good
shape, its shelves lined handsomely with hardbacks, my library mostly carries
secondhand paperbacks. Whereas their books are clean: no
Something for Sunday Morning
"Unless one is well on the road to holiness, it is very difficult in the midst
of a daily routine to see things in perspective, as they really are."
Thomas Dubay, Saints: A Closer Look
Brews You Can Use
Perhaps the only must-have book of the coming holiday season
[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0789317966/thedailyeudem-20]. From the
description: "Christmas beers, also known as Winter Warmers, are a tradition
dating back at least 2,000 years, with the ancients making highly intoxicating
brews to
Just Say It
Bishops plan to confront Obama
[http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/religion/chi-081111bishops,0,615284.story]
. From Tuesday's Chicago Tribunal:
> Though the document made clear that "the direct and intentional destruction of
innocent human life is always wrong and is not just one issue among many,
Margin Problem
I'm told the right-hand margin problem has been fixed. If anyone is still
experiencing problems, please let me know (email or comment box).
From the Notebooks
Catholics like to tell this story:
A student goes to a respected, elderly, professor and says he doesn't like any
of the religious alternatives he's seen, so he's thinking about starting his own
religion. He asks the professor how to go about it.
The