NEW PODCAST EPISODE RELEASED: Detachment. The first rule of the spiritual life. [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/7/14/episode-38-detachment]

> A quiet day at the mall. Walking around, unnoticed, until someone yells, “Hey, it's Pat Sajak!” Then pandemonium: handshakes, pictures, autographs. I'm almost sorry I yelled. > — Pat Sajak (@patsajak) July 15, 2019 [https://twitter.com/patsajak/status/1150866959212433410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

> On July 16th, 1212, at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, King Alfonso VIII “the Noble” of Castile led an outnumbered Catholic coalition to victory against the Almohad Caliphate–marking a turning point in the Reconquista. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/comments/cdvqci/on_july_16th_1212_

Miscellaneous Rambling The French Revolution ate its own. Zmirak thinks the same thing might be happening with today's left [https://stream.org/justice-democrats-have-stormed-the-bastille/]. Let's hope he's right. Excerpt: > Ocasio-Cortez was put in place by the quasi-Marxist faction the “Justice Democrats.” One of its

> The theatre of Taormina is an ancient #Greek [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Greek?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] theatre, in Taormina, southern #Italy [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Italy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw], built in the third century BC. #Archeology [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Archeology?

> A new study has showed that labeling food choices in a hospital cafeteria with simple “traffic-light” symbols indicating their relative health value was associated with a reduction in calories purchased by employees, and that the dietary changes were sustained over two years. [https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/

A golfer walks into the pro shop and asks the golf pro if they sell ball markers. The golf pro says that they do, and they are $1.00. The golfer gives the golf pro a dollar. The golf pro opens the register, puts the dollar in, and hands the

> TIL that along with blacksmiths, there are "whitesmiths" who work with tin or other light metals and "brownsmiths" who work with brass or copper. [https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/ca1skk/til_that_along_with_blacksmiths_there_are/] from r/todayilearned [http://www.reddit.

> This general store sign showing that there is actually a difference between jelly and jam [https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/c9lexn/this_general_store_sign_showing_that_there_is/] from r/mildlyinteresting [http://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting]

Brews You Can Use Well, this is disappointing. I bought a chunk of this stock last summer: Fevertree Erases Year's Gains as Analyst Warns of 'Gin Fatigue' [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-04/fevertree-erases-year-s-gains-as-jefferies-sees-gin-fatigue] . Then again, I bet on Fever Tree because I thought the