All things must be sacrificed on the altar of the Moloch god of High School Athletics, including sleep and sanity during a hectic time of year, so energy, patience, and everything else is in short supply this morning. Fortunately, Taki recently posted this great piece: "How the Left Strangled

Miscellaneous Rambling I've been thinking a lot about this passage from Phillipians 4: "Have no anxiety about anything . . .". It really struck me a few weeks ago and I keep coming back to it. It's not a cliche or counsel from Bobby McFerrin [https://www.

Miscellaneous Rambling For some reason, the first week of December is always the worst: jammed with activities. After that, things are a bit better. This week, we only have stuff going on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings. In other words, I have Monday and Wednesday off, which is

I'm shocked. Do big corporations act morally when not pressured by political power, or are they simply moral non-agents that do whatever they think most expedient? They ought to be the latter, despite the modern trend of corporate jurisprudence that says it's within a corporation'

McInnes' latest isn't great, but it's good [http://takimag.com/article/reality_bites_gavin_mcinnes#axzz4SR996Yx2]. I really liked this anecdote: > In a recent episode of The Anthony Cumia Show, U.K. comedian Jeff Leach was asked to explain why refugees don't

Brews You Can Use Whew. Whatta week. Basketball games Monday and Tuesday, charity event Wednesday, office party Thursday, basketball game tonight. I'm looking forward to the weekend so I can just unwind. I doubt there's much drinking in the cards. I made a big batch of

From the Notebooks Averroes (1126-1198): Islamic Aristotelian. His relentless pursuit of natural reason in the name of Aristotle would have squashed many of the revealed truths of God. If Aristotle said it, it was true, regardless of what revealed "truths" said. The simple people should follow religion; the

Final lettuce haul of the year. I grabbed this Tuesday evening from a cold frame.

Gardening Results Well, I can finally say I definitely broke the $1,000 mark for produce. The estimates below are courtesy of Marie, who was instructed to be conservative and use prices you'd find at Kroger for in-season produce. The figures, in other words, don't take

Miscellaneous Rambling Cleveland.com, which identifies itself as a "partner" of The Plain Dealer, posted this soul-searching editorial last week: "Redesigning politics coverage after missing the big story of 2016 [http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/11/redesigning_politics_coverage.html] ." It's