The Tolkien Companion

I earlier endorsed The Complete Guide to Middle Earth by Robert Foster. But if you're really into Tolkien and literary oddities, check out J.E.A. Tyler's The Tolkien Companion [https://amzn.to/3r68JBB] (as a matter of aesthetics, principle, and everything that is good on

"We cannot be happy unless we love." Dorothy Day

"We cannot be happy unless we love." Dorothy Day

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Choose Wisely

A man is at a cocktail party. An angel appears and reveals to the crowd that the man had recently risked his life to save a little girl. The angel announced to the man in front of everybody: “You may choose one: Greatest wisdom, greatest wealth, or greatest fame.” The

Philip Rivers Hangs with Eric Scheske

Thanks to Archangel Radio for having me on their morning show. The video is below. The interview starts at 5:40. Archangel Radio is also the home of the St. Michael's Cardinals football team, which is where Philip Rivers is the new coach. That, like, makes Philip Rivers

Looking for a Book Curator?

If you hadn't noticed, there are tons of books out there. It can be hard to find new stuff that's also "reliable" (whatever that means). I highly recommend Eighth Day Books out of Wichita, Kansas. They're devoutly Greek Orthodox and "reliable&

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Who is This Ennui Guy Anyway?

Any why is he such a dick? Reinhard Kuhn (the author of The Demon of Noontide: Ennui in Western Literature) defined ennui as “the state of emptiness that the soul feels when it is deprived of interest in action, life, and the world (be it this world or another), a

Johnson Rod

TDE readers will occasionally see a reference to a "Johnson Rod." For those uninitiated to Seinfeld, it refers to an imaginary thing that is important but too complicated for anyone to understand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu-A8YfC4w0