BYCU Marie joined me after work yesterday at the production site. She is an exercise fanatic and hadn't gotten any exercise that day, so she felt like hauling compost, hoeing, raking, picking rocks, etc. We got there at 5:45, and I said, "Crud, it's

> Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it. > — Malcolm Muggeridge (@malmuggeridge) May 26, 2017 [https://twitter.com/malmuggeridge/status/868217300725399552]

> Emerging networks of churches are becoming nuclei for local congregations leaving mainline Protestantism.https://t.co/Nh0eTGkfAi > — First Things (@firstthingsmag) May 31, 2017 [https://twitter.com/firstthingsmag/status/869939023535640577]

Miscellaneous Rambling Heard on the Eric Metaxas Show last week: The French have 17 words for "surrender." Cracked me up. First they rolled over to Hitler and now they're rolling over to Islam. Channeling Charles Martel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tours]! I found

It's a holiday. Nothing today. Just this quip from Conan: "A bishop has come under scrutiny for accepting a $100,000 Toyota Land Cruiser as a gift. The bishop said, 'I'd get rid of it, but it's a chick magnet.'"

> We need a Catholicism that can inspire Europe to reject demographic suicide and rediscover the joy of children. https://t.co/OOlFK4PDky > — First Things (@firstthingsmag) May 28, 2017 [https://twitter.com/firstthingsmag/status/868829225595305985]

According to this writer, ESPN is doomed: "[T]he main ESPN business plan, the one that brings in the most revenues to the firm, is doomed to near-extinction, and there is nothing ESPN can do about it." Link [https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/05/william-l-anderson/bursting-sports-bubble/] . Well, "

Brews You Can Use Tonight, I drink. It's an annual tradition for me: no family, piles of papers at the office, bottle of vodka in the break room. It's a lonely affair, yes, and a bit pitiful, I realize, but I like it. The trick is,

Well, given that Slovenia is almost 60% Catholic, this shouldn't be a huge surprise. Then again, her father was a communist and the news sources say the family didn't have her baptized, at least as infants. Interesting story. > Congratulations to @FLOTUS [https://twitter.com/FLOTUS]

From the Gardening Journals The produce stand's garden is coming along. Timing almost worked out great last weekend: I spent three arduous hours on Saturday, forming out two 2.5' x 60' raised beds. I spread the organic fertilizer then left, hoping for rain (since I&