Something for Sunday Morning
"Slander is worse than cannibalism."
St. John Chrysostom
Eric Scheske
Stuff for Saturday
Armaggedon cometh: The editor of Gilbert Magazine (the magazine I used to edit)
is a punk rock fan. From a great post at his blog, The Blue Boar
[http://theblueboar.blogspot.com/2007/11/punk-rock-and-chestertonian-thinking.html]
:
> Punk as a genre arose simultaneously in America and the UK, but there
Looking for Blogs
I have an odd request this time: I'm looking for the best Catholic blogs that
don't get updated every day or even regularly. These might be hard to find,
since irregular posting usually means low popularity. Still, if you know of a
talented blogger out there
Brews You Can Use
A neat assortment of beer pictures [http://beerblog.genx40.com/a/christmasphoto]
. The blogger says they're Christmas beer pictures, but the scope doesn't seem
quite that narrow.
__________
Conviviality's last stand. People may be bowling alone, but they're drinking
together: The American Homebrewers
Polish Ad Controversy and Sundry
Ad controversy in Poland: The 30-second animated commercial depicts the Magi
visiting the Christ Child, with a 4th wise man bearing Red Bull
[http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=55014]. The ad doesn't offend
me, but doggone it, why must the corporate advertisers trivialize (and thereby
Black Wednesday Again?
It's not black because of drinking. It's black because Charter Communications
has once again gone down. In all fairness to Charter, it's been months since it
has gone down, but (i) if experience is an indicator, this crash portends a
series of crashes over
Tuesday Trifles
The sterile environmentalists
[http://quaffsandquibbles.blogspot.com/2007/11/what-will-they-think-of-next.html]
. One of the top ten short (under 250 words) blog posts of the year.
__________
Op-ed of the day: Families are good for cities and cities better be good to
families [http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110010911]
Monday Miscellany
Whew, whirlwind weekend. We went [the "w" alliteration ends now] to Detroit
Thursday afternoon to see my wife's family: First a stop in Livonia at her
aunt's, then to her parents' in Grosse Pointe Woods. Friday morning, Grosse
Pointe parade, followed by a
Something for Sunday Morning
"Our actions have a tongue of their own; they have an eloquence of their own,
even when the tongue is silent. For deeds prove the lover more than words."
St. Cyril of Jerusalem
Something for Saturday Morning
Not using Catholic schools? Have you read the Church documents on the issue? I
never had, except for a few stray sentences here and there. This article
reproduces excerpts from the relevant documents
[http://www.catholicexchange.com//en/node/67308]. I found it quite eye-opening.
I knew the Church supported