Something for Sunday Morning
"No one should be so active as not to seek the contemplation of God."
St. Augustine
Eric Scheske
Something for Saturday
I don't know if I'm proud or embarrassed, but the description ain't unfair,
though "one of the literati" is a stretch (ain't never read much of Melville or
Conrad or a host of other of them fundermental reads):
What Kind
Tornado and Brews
I crashed early last night, around 8:45, and zonked out. At 9:30, the town's
tornado siren (which can also serve as a nuclear attack siren and 5:00 drinking
time notice), went off. I helped bundle the three smallest downstairs, while
yelling to the two middles
Rand
Charles Colson on the philosophy of Any Rand
[http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/civilization/cc0247.htm]. It's a
pretty good overview. A bit harsh, but not unfair. There is something obscene
about Rand's philosophy (as I understand it), but it can't be denied that
The Wednesday Eudemon
All sorts of linkable material at Drudge right now: School plans to offer pill
to middle school girls, and state law allows the girls to get it without
parental consen [http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=140910&ac=PHnws]
t (the confluence of demographics led to this result:
Multitasking, Blog Interviews, and One Costly Book
Multitasking hurts your memory, creates stress, and costs time. That, according
to Walter Kirn in the current issue of The Atlantic. The piece is clever, but
far too jumpy (I think he was using his prose style to analogize to
multitasking), and he didn't present enough facts. Still,
Monday Miscellany
My favorite Belloc book: The Four Men. It's now available here
[http://www.archive.org/details/fourmenfarrago00belliala]. Go to The Blue Boar
to figure out how to find it
[http://theblueboar.blogspot.com/2007/10/download-bellocs-four-men.html].
Intelligent observation from one of the commentators at
Something for Sunday Morning
"The Bible is a stream wherein the elephant may swim and the lamb may wade."
St. Gregory the Great
Oxford American
I realize I'm not suppose to be blogging on Saturdays, but just one quick thing:
If you want good writing, subscribe to Oxford American
[http://www.oxfordamericanmag.com/]. I've been enjoying it for a little over a
year. The newest issue came three days ago, and
Brews You Can Use
My monthly column is up at The Register and it's about beer: What's Brewing in
the Blogosphere? [http://ncregister.com/site/article/6289/] Subscription
required. Excerpt:
> Most every well-read Christian has heard of the Inklings, the literary group
that counted J.R.R. Tolkien