My favorite Evelyn Waugh quote. If memory serves, he was explaining how he could be both a devout Catholic and such an unpleasant individual: > “Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human being.” - Evelyn Waugh > My latest at Aleteia.#evelynwaugh [https://twitter.com/hashtag/evelynwaugh?src=

Miscellaneous Rambling The vegetable gardening dopamine find of the year: potato harvesting. This is the first year that I've grown potatoes, and I've just started "digging my hills." Well, I am digging 'em: shovel out dirt, kneel down, look for potatoes. When you

> Waiter tipped $500 for act of kindness https://t.co/mmyGsOPY0K pic.twitter.com/VACbq7JOA1 [https://t.co/VACbq7JOA1] > — WESH 2 News (@WESH) August 20, 2016 [https://twitter.com/WESH/status/766953185370046465]

> "I know for a fact Ryan Lochte got robbed, my girlfriend was there and saw the whole thing."- Manti Te'o pic.twitter.com/PtEJZcGmhQ [https://t.co/PtEJZcGmhQ] > — Fake SportsCenter (@FakeSportsCentr) August 18, 2016 [https://twitter.com/FakeSportsCentr/status/766350960083996673]

> The amazing backdrop scenery to the vineyards of Mendoza in Argentina! #wine [https://twitter.com/hashtag/wine?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/CMXhOyFAWf [https://t.co/CMXhOyFAWf] > — The Wine Wankers (@winewankers) August 18, 2016 [https://twitter.com/winewankers/status/766424050197377024]

> Lovely present from our house guests this week! German gin... pic.twitter.com/hQYcsbaZAM [https://t.co/hQYcsbaZAM] > — Leah Hyslop (@LeahHyslop) August 18, 2016 [https://twitter.com/LeahHyslop/status/766390091359158272]

> They're all winners. #USALager [https://twitter.com/hashtag/USALager?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/vjlyqFjp0y [https://t.co/vjlyqFjp0y] > — Yuengling Brewery (@Yuengling_Beer) August 18, 2016 [https://twitter.com/Yuengling_Beer/status/766390474772877312]

> You can legally kill as many Bigfoots as you want in Texas - 10 Bizarre Legal Actions Regarding Mythical Creatures https://t.co/MqL3kEU62H > — Listverse (@listverse) August 17, 2016 [https://twitter.com/listverse/status/765745110873214976] "In Texas it is perfectly legal to kill Bigfoot. It started with

Miscellaneous Rambling I watched two rounds of Olympic boxing last night. I knew nothing about the fighters. I had the sound off. I told Max, "Man, this dude from the United States is just destroying this guy." At the end of the third round, the judges gave it