The Dark Ages My slipshod notes from Theology on Tap . . . Let's make one thing clear: “Dark Ages” and “Middle Ages” aren't synonymous, not by any means. The Middle Ages roughly connote 500 to 1500. The Dark Ages are only 800-1000. Things get wild, wooly, and vague

Rambling I learned yesterday that late winter 2018 is the Season for Manly Cinema. First, I read about Clint Eastwood's new movie that features three American heroes who took down an Islamic terrorist in 2015. Apparently, the Hollywood elite hate the movie because it portrays Muslim terrorists in

Miscellaneous Rambling Well, at least my short positions got some of their losses back these past two days. The Michigan governor election is going to be a fiasco for Republicans. We have a Muslim running [http://theweek.com/articles/752449/33yearold-muslim-doctor-might-just-next-governor-michigan] , as well as a guy who calls himself the

I always donate to Haitian relief efforts, but crap like this Conan O'Brien video really make it hard: > Uh, it was France and you murdered them all... > but besides that, great points. https://t.co/8gdKjKMk2q > — Gavin McInnes (@Gavin_McInnes) February 4, 2018 [https://twitter.

Bullets High school musical weekend. Daughter Meg (#5) is Jane Banks in Mary Poppins. Meg and the rest of the cast killed it last night, kinda blew me away. * * * * * * * Part of the reason, I suppose: I went in with low expectations. The city Auditorium where they hold it is situated

Brews You Can Use Marie surprised me with the 2018 "Drinking with the Monks" calendar. Man, what a disappointment. I was expecting a a cool picture on top of each month and some sort of drinking material on each of the dates. The top of each month is

Miscellaneous Rambling A TDE reader sends along this dialogue in response to my Nazi-occult observation yesterday: EATON: What would the Nazis want with this - this Staff of Ra? BRODY: I can tell you that. Over the last two years the Nazis have had teams of archeologists running around the

Really Random Whew. January 31st. We made it. Of course, I heard someone say that February is the longest month of the year. It begins in January and ends some time in April. This article says Jim Rogers is investing in agricultural commodities [https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/01/no_

Miscellaneous Rambling Ancient Coptic manuscript of the Book of Acts can now be read, thanks to x-ray imagery. Link [https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/meg-bucher/new-technology-enables-reading-of-ancient-egyptian-manuscript-of-book-of-acts.html] . Irony? Pope Francis has issued an apostolic constitution with regard to ecclesiastical universities. It's called Veritatis Gaudium, meaning the joy of

Miscellaneous Rambling What a beautiful January weekend. I played basketball and did a little gardening yesterday in shorts. A sweatshirt, yes, but shorts. I read yesterday that, when you reach age 100 in Barbados, you get a stamp in your honor [https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7tln3x/when_