Miscellaneous Rambling The new podcast is up. You can access it at The Weekly Eudemon podcast page: Zen, the "Fall" of Rome, Small Talk, Drinking with Commies, More [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2018/10/20/zen-the-fall-of-rome-small-talk-drinking-with-commies-

> Shorter @MassimoFaggioli [https://twitter.com/MassimoFaggioli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] at @commonwealmag [https://twitter.com/commonwealmag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]: "I've made a terrible discovery: Orthodox Catholics sometimes meet with each other and talk about politics without supervision. There are even rumors that they stand on

Brews You Can Use Well, LeBron led the Lakers with 26 points last night, but they lost in his debut. I've slowly warmed to LeBron over the years, even if he toes the BLM line on all things politics. This recent piece ratcheted him up a few levels

> From Roof to Table, this Farm is Bringing Organic Vegetables to Brooklyn Residents https://t.co/FPd6noOHRn > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) October 17, 2018 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/1052366903988113408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

As documented by Angela Nagle, the 4Chan universe is populated with reprobates with nary a shred of decency. And I love 'em. Their most recent campaign: Today's left as NPC players. There's too much background in the story for me to effectively recount it here.

Small Talk Small talk. I dislike it. It can be argued that it is part of the lubrication that keeps social wheels moving smoothly, but I'm not talking about cordialities ("Hi," "How are the kids doing?" etc.). I'm talking about extended conversations

Miscellaneous Rambling I find out later today whether Tess' flowers survived the freeze. We have hundreds of flowers in the field. I brought in a handful last night so they wouldn't go to waste, but I fear this morning's freeze might destroy the many I

Miscellaneous Rambling The new podcast episode is up [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2018/10/10/zen-st-john-of-the-cross-toddler-torture] . My nephew owns a promotion business, so he got his voiceover guy to record a new introduction for me. You might recognize the voice.

It's possible, maybe possible, that Republicans have woken up and said, "You know what? Let's just start swinging back hard. Screw convention. Our opponents are completely unhinged at this point and can't be dealt with conventionally." The GOP hasn't had

BYCU "The question is: When they have naked dancers, how is it sanitary to eat food?" That's not a question I ask myself very often, but it's the focus of this article out of Toledo [https://www.13abc.com/content/news/Restaurant-Report-Card-