Friday Humor
Some bad ones to use at the bar tonight:
A man walks into a bar holding a slab of asphalt and says, "A beer please, and
one for the road."
A neutron walks into a bar and asks for a beer. The bartender says, "For you, no
Eric Scheske
Chesterton and Friends
Two great posts at Chesterton and Friends
[http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/] these past two days. Belloc fans and
fans of old newspapers: See Thursday's post.
Brews You Can Use III and Half and Half
> Reuters reports ice cream makers Ben & Jerry's have apologized for causing
offense by calling a new flavor “Black & Tan” - the nickname of a notoriously
violent British militia that operated during Ireland's war of independence.
> The ice cream, available only in the United
Brews You Can Use II
I missed a good beer story in the WSJ. Fortunately, the best beer site in the
hops world covered it [http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=142]. Excerpts:
> From 1950 to 2004, the amount of malt used to brew a barrel of beer in the U.S.
declined by
On Cleverness
During my morning surfing, I ran across this great quote from Rochefoucald
[https://thedailyeudemon.com/2066/]:
"It takes great cleverness to be able to conceal one's cleverness."
Hence, the urbane subtlety of this blog. I'm so clever, you probably don't even
know
Brews You Can Use
Bless the brewers:
> Czech brewers are working to create a beer that would counter the discomforts
of
menopause [http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-002908.php].
> The low-calorie, low-alcohol beer being developed by the Prague-based Research
Institute of Brewing and Malting contains heightened levels
Lay Administrators
The Pittsburgh Diocese might start using laymen to administer parishes
[http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_116204355.html].
The story isn't clear on details. I'm assuming it'd work this way: The
administrator would handle all the non-spiritual stuff, and a priest will ride
You Want Embalming Fluid with That?
> [A] Domino's delivery man used a car to transport corpses to funeral parlors
when he wasn't using the vehicle to bring pies and Cheesy Bread to pizza
enthusiasts [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0427061pizza1.html].
Also:
That's one way to keep the recidivism
Flowering at 40
Cindy Margolis will pose for Playboy
[http://news.aol.com/entertainment/articles/_a/cindy-margolis-to-pose-for-playboy/20060425131409990002]
:
> After turning down offers to pose for the magazine in the past, Margolis said
she accepted this time because she felt posing nude at the age of 40 is
Saving $3.00
> Some California drivers are resorting to desperate measures to beat the surge
in
gas prices at the pump -- deliberately running dry on the state's freeways and
simply waiting for rescue
[http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/25/life.gas.reut/index.html].
When they run out