> The Glorious Inefficiency of Local Bookstores (essay by Dean Abbott) https://t.co/I0vAcnDg3V > — ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) May 27, 2018 [https://twitter.com/imaginativecons/status/1000534583274889216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Bishop Bob Morlino, Bishop Ba Ba Morlino . . . > https://t.co/UDrd7qGX2h > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) May 27, 2018 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/1000689731947192321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Explanation of obscure reference:

Holiday Weekend Rambling Whew. I think I dodged a bullet. I worked late last night, like I do every Friday of Memorial Day weekend, drinking gin and cleaning my office. I texted a friend of mine to see if he was available for a drink around 7:00. He didn&

Welcome to Summer BYCU I'm not a huge fan of Liquor.com, but sometimes, they suggest a recipe that looks too good not to try. This Summer Friday Cocktail [https://www.liquor.com/recipes/summer-fridays/#gs.LXMWeV4] is one of them. It sounds like a perfect way to

Miscellaneous Rambling Freakin' Africa. Stupid, ignorant Africa: "More than 200 farmers from South Africa have applied for humanitarian visas in Australia after allegedly suffering attacks for being white, according to the Australian Home Affairs Ministry." Link [https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/05/no_author/persecuted-white-south-african-farmers-seek-refuge-in-australia/] . So they&

Hump Day Rambling My home garden is almost finished. The side yard is looking nice (see pic below). I'm really hoping the poppy flowers I planted come in. They're "Jimi Purple Haze" poppies. I suspect I planted them a bit too late and may

Miscellaneous Rambling Memorial Day weekend is almost here. Marie and the kids abandon me for the weekend so they can go bird watching with Marie's family. I have the option of going, too, of course, but I'd rather slam my genitals in a car door, so

Miscellaneous Rambling I ran across a really cool program this weekend: Acorns [https://www.acorns.com/]. It's micro-investing. For just $1.00 a month, you can tie your credit card to the program and it will round up your spare change from credit card purchases and invest it.

> Do not speak -- unless it improves on silence. – Buddhist proverb | | □∧◯ > — Zen Proverbs (@ZenProverbs) May 18, 2018 [https://twitter.com/ZenProverbs/status/997581900544921600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Saturday Rambling I walk the pre-death tightrope all the time: Just let myself go and become irrelevant or try to stay engaged. Play the Zen master or read the newspaper. Use the garden to go Siddhartha-at-the-river [https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/s/siddhartha/summary-and-analysis/part-2-by-the-river] or look at how my