A new beer mile world record. I would vomit after 200 meters.

> Why don't transsexuals organize their own athletic events? Why destroy women's sports by having men who think they are women outrun, outlift, outwrestle and beat up women who are obviously weaker than they are? > — Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) May 2, 2019 [https://twitter.

Midweek Rambling I started dieting on January 1st. I dropped from 200 to 190 pounds within weeks. After that, it got hard. Very hard. I was Auschwitzing myself but couldn't drop below 190. After two months of zero progress, I went Bobby Sands for three weeks and dropped

Miscellaneous Rambling I'm a sucker for Michigan in May. The past two days have been simply gorgeous. I've spent a lot of time in the garden, taken walks, played frisbee golf with my two youngest sons, practiced tennis with Max twice, watched part of Tess'

Miscellaneous Rambling New TWE episode posted: Noise, Max Picard, George Gissing, and Cardinal Sarah [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/5/2/noise-justice-stegall-and-hangovers] . Noise. Our culture is too tolerant when it comes to noise. I explore it. Noise Part II: Silence and Russell Kirk,

> "In recent years, Christian restaurant chains, bakers, and high-tech executives have fallen prey to campaigns to chase them from the economy, a kind of professional execution in a capitalist society." https://t.co/9DerRgO7m1 ”¦ > — The American Conservative (@amconmag) May 5, 2019 [https://twitter.com/amconmag/

BYCU I got my weight down to 185. I started the year at 200 (freakin' 200 pounds). I have rewarded myself by wading back into hard liquor. Specifically, the gin and tonic . . . just in time for warm weather. Gin and tonic is good for weight loss, as pointed out

> There's no point blaming the tragedies of socialism on the flaws or corruption of particular leaders. Any system which allows some people to exercise unbridled power over others is an open invitation to abuse, whether that system is called slavery or socialism or something else. > — Thomas

Life is going to have me in a headlock for the next six weeks. Daughter Meg has 14 functions over the course of 28 days, starting this Saturday. Daughter Tess has her parochial school graduation and a few tennis matches. And, oh yeah, daughter Abbie is getting married in early

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