Miscellaneous Rambling A few more worthwhile pieces regarding the priest/bishop abuses. First: A lengthy open letter by Ralph Martin [http://www.renewalministries.net/wordpress/dear-troubled-catholics-a-letter-from-ralph-martin-about-the-current-crisis/] . He pretty much says directly what I think needs to be said: The

"According to a new study, roughly 20 percent of millennial parents have changed or seriously considered changing their baby's name based on what internet domain names were available at the time. "Don't make the same mistake my parents made," said Pornhub Collins."

Brews You Can Use Anniversary day today. I haven't been able to drink much, due to my dehydration (or whatever is ailing me these past two months). As a corollary, I haven't had much desire to things I normally do while drinking, like hanging out on

Miscellaneous Rambling Why should the Catholic clergy have all the fun: "One of China's highest-ranking Buddhist monks quit as the head of the country's Buddhist association on Wednesday after facing a government investigation over accusations of sexual misconduct [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-

Hump Day Wednesday, Sorry for the Pun Another priest abuse scandal. Possibly the biggest. I've read only two articles about it so I'm hardly an expert, but this caught my eye: the only victim I saw quoted was 13 when the abuse occurred. For TDE readers

More Miscellaneous Rambling A friend sent an email of college football quotes. Among them: "I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation." Bob Devaney. Devaney coached those legendary national championship teams

Miscellaneous Rambling Monday the 13th is worse than Friday the 13th. Just realized: I passed the 10,000-post mark a few weeks ago. Cheers to TDE. Of course, I have probably passed only the 500th good-post mark. Speaking of milestones: This Friday marks my and Marie's

Abbie (eldest daughter) moved to Boston and is spending this weekend in New York. She was at Ellis Island. She sent me this picture, asking if this is why I rail against big government: I said, "Yup." Such mutual aid societies require people to work with each other,

Bullets *Strange gardening story: 150-year-old tomato seeds found in old outhouse [https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/12/exchange-150-year-old-tomato-seeds-unearthed/] (they passed through Abe Lincoln contemporaries' digestive tracks). They still germinate. This picture [https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/95pcih/

Midweek Rambling This article [http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/01/seinfelds-comedians-cars-welcome-respite-insufferable-wokeness-comedy/] does a pretty good job of summarizing why I like Jerry Seinfeld's charmingly-mundane Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee. It's not calculating in any way: it's