Miscellaneous Rambling “There are two things you should know about the poor: they tend to smell, and they are ungrateful.” That's potential canonized saint Dorothy Day. I'll be wrestling with her words this week as I struggle with whether to get involved with a new poor

> Canned beer made its first appearance on this day in 1935, so celebrate with your favorite 6-pack! Happy #BeerCanAppreciationDay [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeerCanAppreciationDay?src=hash]! > — Bomber Brewing (@BomberBrewing) January 24, 2016 [https://twitter.com/BomberBrewing/status/691346198075052032]

The 26.6 inches of snow that fell in Central Park on Saturday is a one-day record for New York City. [http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/a2c422c5f539477eb8309e26cee7f64d/latest-gov-cuomo-lifts-new-york-city-travel-ban]

> "My subject in fiction is the action of grace in territory largely held by the devil." - Flannery O'Connor pic.twitter.com/fXmRxLtFrW [https://t.co/fXmRxLtFrW] > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) January 24, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/status/691076511382802433]

> It's winter again. That time of year when poor are making tough choices between food, heating, or getting that massive new tattoo. > — Offensive Tweetsâ„¢ (@TooMessedUp) January 22, 2016 [https://twitter.com/TooMessedUp/status/690528616992505856]

From the Gardening Journals Now I've done it. I came upstairs a few days ago and announced to Marie, "I just bought a pop-up coldframe greenhouse. At this point, I won't be buying anything for the garden except a handful of seeds and potting

H.I.F. Two Items 1. More on the German mass sexual assault on New Years Eve. This, from a Pakistani journalist: "I feel that Islamic culture and European norms are not compatible”¦. What happened in Cologne happens regularly in my homeland, Pakistan. The men are never ashamed, never