It's not the urbane humor I fancy myself bringing to TDE, but it cracked me up: > Home Depot 'bomb threat' turns out to be man warning of 'blowing up' bathroom https://t.co/FMRe4tsOf4 via @local4news [https://twitter.com/Local4News?ref_src=twsrc%

Miscellaneous Rambling The new podcast is up: Episode 22: History of the Old Testament in 8 Minutes, Gin and Tonics, Three Ho-Hum Derrida Conclusions [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/2/16/episode-22-history-of-the-old-testament-in-8-minutes-gin-and-tonics-three-ho-hum-deconstructionist-conclusions] . Show Notes: The Old Testament. I summarize the OT in about eight minutes. The segment is closer

> Ocasio-Cortez Declares Victory Over The Modern-Day Equivalent Of Slavery: Jobs https://t.co/xZQBTG0nvP pic.twitter.com/KsW5d0Ttpp [https://t.co/KsW5d0Ttpp] > — The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 15, 2019 [https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1096465412277952512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Yup, they have a point: > You might be cool, but you'll never be Frank-Sinatra-stepping-out-of-a-helicopter-with-a-cocktail-cool. #goals [https://twitter.com/hashtag/goals?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] pic.twitter.com/LseXgbdIEn [https://t.co/LseXgbdIEn] > — Drunken History (@DrunkenHistory) February 10, 2019 [https://twitter.com/DrunkenHistory/status/

Miscellaneous Rambling The nineteenth-century glory of Catholicism rises to sainthood: Pope Francis approves canonization of John Henry Newman [https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-francis-approves-canonization-of-john-henry-newman-34200] . I read that article yesterday, shortly after reading a series of Drudge splash headlines about the new expose book on homosexuality in the Vatican: Explosive new

> Oh sure she gets tenure at Cambridge and a BBC interview, and when I take off my clothes to protest the long line at the Walmart checkout I get another 3 days of psychiatric monitoringhttps://t.co/6zXTey9oHQ > — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 12, 2019 [https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/

More Miscellaneous Rambling Interested in listening to The Weekly Eudemon but aren't sure where to start? My 20-something kids tell me these are the ones to try: Episode 17: Nock, Deconstructing the Family, Mindfulness [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/1/12/episode-17-nock-deconstructing-the-family-mindfulness] Episode 12: Midget Wrestling in

Miscellaneous Rambling New podcast posted: Episode 21: Sex in the Stall, Deconstructionism on Display, Gay Gnostics, Joseph Epstein [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/2/8/episode-21]. Show notes: Sex in the Stall. A couple allegedly has sex in the bathroom stall at a NFL games. That's unbelievably

> These icicles that froze orange because of the sap concentration in the tree... [https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/aopm0y/these_icicles_that_froze_orange_because_of_the/] from r/mildlyinteresting [http://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting]

Brews You Can Use Slow drinking news out there these days. There's this: Hill Farmstead Named Best Brewery in the World (Again): For the fifth year in a row, this Vermont brewery takes the top spot. [https://www.thedailymeal.com/drink/hill-farmstead-best-brewery-world/013119] And this news about the