Something for Sunday Morning
"Perhaps it is in joy that we distinguish true virtue from false virtue."
Francis Fernandez
Eric Scheske
No Blogging Saturday
It's the Feast Day of St. Francis. From GKC's St. Francis:
> [I]t is true to say that what St. Benedict had stored St. Francis scattered; but
in the world of spiritual things what had been stored into the barns like grain
was scattered over
Brews You Can Use
This piece of ribaldry came from a TDE reader: This dark, medium bodied ale
offers the drink-ability of a much lighter beer. The inviting chocolate and
malty flavors fade into a slightly dry, silky smooth finish. Why have just one?
4.0% alcohol by volume [http://www.wasatchbeers.com/index.
Thursday Miscellany
Great way to make friends at the airport: metal plates contain messages that
will appear when x-rayed
[http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/metal_plates_send_message.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890]
. I think I'd choose a message that is considerably more colorful than the one
at the left.
From the Notebooks
On Clichés
Language has its limits: Great philosophers have struggled to articulate the
truths they've discerned. Mystics have been rendered dumb by the beauty they've
seen. The everyday person has been reduced to exasperation when his neighbor
doesn't understand why something is humorous.
Tuesday
I guess I could write about the bailout, but (i) everyone else is, and (ii) it's
hard to blog on this Commodore 64. I had to sell my good computer so my kids
could eat.
My general opinion is that a bailout must occur, and it probably will.
A New Form of Anarchism?
When most people hear “anarchist,” they think violence, maybe rage, maybe
disruptive attempts by groups like Weatherman to overthrow the United States
government in the 1960s. People with a literary bent might think of the
dynamite-toting Russian anarchists that Fyodor Dostoyevsky
[http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=14-06-013-v]
Something for Sunday Morning
"There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is
the man who makes every man feel great."
G.K. Chesterton
No Blogging Saturday
Despite my goal to rejuvenate TDE, it will continue to doze on Saturdays and
Sundays, at least as long as I have to spend 4-8 hours every Saturday at junior
football games. I'll continue to post something on Saturday and the "Something
for Sunday Morning" feature,
Brews You Can Use
A good day is shaping up: weather forecast warm, beer forecast cold. I had
planned on spending the afternoon quaffing, but a client called and said she
needed to see me Saturday. Because I'm tied up all day Saturday, the only option
was to schedule her for 7: