Something for Sunday Morning
"A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command
them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil."
St. Dominic
Eric Scheske
Olympian Eudemon
Random thoughts while watching the open ceremonies Friday night:
How many times will I have to see a Mao poster? (Maybe not many: "there were no
references to Chairman Mao and the class struggle").
As long as they celebrate Mao, I'll know China can't
BYCU
What do you do when you're swamped at the office and not getting enough sleep?
Go to a party and drink a lot of beer. That's what I did last night, and I'm
feeling it this morning. No hangover, but groggy. On the plus
Sleepless in Michigan
I get along without sleep about as well as a paraplegic gets along without a
wheelchair. But I'm going on my third day without eight hours sleep, and it
doesn't show signs of stopping. I've always been envious of those people that
can get
No Eudemon
Not much blogging today. I took my five younger children to South Bend for a
minor league baseball game, and I have to be in the County seat by 8:15. I think
I'll need to visit this site: How much of your favorite caffeine drink you can
Hooker Tuesday
Zmirak posted at Taki yesterday
[http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/there_is_no_u_in_winner/]. As always,
highly entertaining. Perhaps the most interesting excerpt:
> Blues legend John Lee Hooker, whom I tracked down in Mississippi and quizzed by
phone about what inspired his early hit, “Boom, Boom,
Vianney Monday
It's the memorial of St. John Vianney. Because I'm pressed for time this
morning, I present an excerpt from a work I abandoned awhile back. It's a bit
(just a wee bit!) more serious than normal TDE fare, but it'll have to
Something for Sunday Morning
"Love makes all things easy."
Dorothy Day
Harlem
For the past couple of years, I have kept a volume of Daniel Boorstin
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._Boorstin]'s trilogy, The Americans, at
my side. When you sit back and consider the amount of details and facts he puts
in, seemingly effortlessly (which, of course,
Brews You Can Use
I've been a hypocrite: Writing about Brews You Can Use and not drinking any
brews. I have a stomach ailment known as candygutitis. At times, it causes me to
react severely (read: examine my toilet's insides repeatedly) after drinking.
The problem had pretty much gone away