GKC Autism
Was G.K. Chesterton autistic? I find it highly unlikely, but this is an
interesting post
[http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/07/autistic-gkc.html].
Eric Scheske
I Join B16
This blogger says B16 is a Detroit Tigers fan
[http://fumare.blogspot.com/2006/07/pope-benedict-tigers-fan.html]. Maybe he'll
invite me over to watch the World Series. Who cares if the post is merely a
joke?
Dissin' St. George
One of the finest saints, legendary or otherwise, is in the PC Police's cross
hairs. Link
[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=393651&in_page_id=1770&in_page_id=1770&expand=true]
and Link
[http://edition.
Monday Morning Eudemon
Ouch, long day with the Tigers yesterday. You may have wondered what your
prayers for a successful outing [https://thedailyeudemon.com/4838/] got me:
1. The vouchers for box seats were no good. They were sold out.
2. My backup reserve seats were available, but the tickets put us in
Something for Sunday Morning
St. Therese Lisieux's deathbed explanation of remaining a little child before
God:
> It is to recognize our nothingness, to expect everything from God as a little
child expects everything from its father; it is to be disquieted about nothing,
having no other occupation but to gather the
Pink Floyd and Hilaire Belloc
Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd liked Belloc's famous children's book
[http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/07/barrett-and-belloc.html].
PSA
Blogging will be light. I'm heading to Detroit tomorrow to see the
league-leading [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/standings/index.jsp] Tigers.
I'm taking my three oldest boys.
I loved baseball while growing up. I spent hours poring over the Baseball
Encyclopedia, memorizing
The Radical Academy
Wow, this is possibly the best web find of the year: The Radical Academy
[http://radicalacademy.com/homepage.htm]. It's inspired by Mortimer Adler, the
philosopher-turned-Catholic. There's lots of good stuff there, like this short
essay about St. Bonaventura [http://radicalacademy.com/adiphiloessay13.htm]
Slowhand
Eric Clapton, considered one of rock-n-roll's gentlemen, isn't as demure as he
wants people to think
[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=395799&in_page_id=1773]
. His ex-wife is penning her autobiography, and
The Weekend Eudemon
Saturday morning. Hangover gone already. I get hangovers easily, so anything
that dissipates in less than two hours indicates fewer than six beers, which is
consistent with last night.
I had dinner with Marie and three other couples (after first stopping at the
drinking club with one of the husbands