Friday
Brews You Can Use
My apologies for the lack of posts this week. Marie and I are moving into my
parents' house. We have a lot to do in order to get it ready. She's been
carrying the bulk of the load, but this week, I had
More issues
Salinger's Nihilistic Man
Like Camus' hero Sisyphus, Salinger's two novels look at nihilistic man, the man who has given up the possibility of finding a meaning–a response–from the universe's wall of indifference. The novels are based on the condescending, though largely accurate, presumption that modern society
Monday
SHOW NOTES
First Segment
I'm working my way through Lawrence Cahoone's 700-page anthology of
postmodernism.
He starts the book out by excerpting key passages from writers who helped frame
the modern mind, whose main gist, as I read Cahoone is: Modernity was obsessed
with reasoning.
Choose Wisely (a joke)
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
Friday
That scene was shot at Neir's Tavern in Queens. It might be the oldest bar in
New York City. It almost shut down, but thanks to some help from the City, whose
red tape was apparently indirectly forcing its closure, it's going to stay open.
You
Thursday
Gay Thursday
I discovered this evening that my backyard might be responsible for the stunning
victories of the LGBT movement over the past 10 years. The Stryker Corporation
out of little Kalamazoo, Michigan, is largely to blame
[https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/01/the-billionaires-behind-the-lgbt-
Wednesday
A few semi-noteworthy tweets from my surfing last night. The sad thing is, I
found only three such semis in 20 minutes of scrolling through Twitter.
Learn something new every day: There's a wild horse problem out west. I saw at
Twitter [https://twitter.com/PERCtweets/status/
Camus: The Myth of Sisyphus
At the end of The Myth of Sisyphus, Camus meditates on the “absurd hero” Sisyphus, a character from Greek mythology. Sisyphus was a crafty man who repeatedly betrayed and disobeyed the gods. As punishment, he was sentenced to an eviternity of rolling a huge rock to the top of a
Sunday/Monday: New Podcast Episode Released
Show Notes
Today is the feast day of St. Macarius of Egypt. At least with the Eastern
Orthodox. I don't believe the RCC recognizes him as a saint. He is one of the
men who followed St. Anthony into the desert that we talked about in the last
Friday
BYCU
Mid-January. Winter storm warnings afoot. What else is there to do but drink?
Apparently, Anheuser-Busch agrees. For every inch of snow that falls, it's
offering $1 off select Busch products in these cities
[https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2020/01/16/busch-beer-