Miscellaneous Rambling Ow. It's only September 8th and I'm already burned out on football. It didn't help matters that I had to drive twice to the same varsity football game this weekend due to weather. Also not helping: my son's varsity team

H.I.F. Today's must-read piece: A Tale of Two Churches [http://www.catholicnewworld.com/cnwonline/2014/0907/cardinal.aspx], by Cardinal George. Excerpt: "The 'ruling class,' those who shape public opinion in politics, in education, in communications, in entertainment, is using the civil

This is a pic from Florida last night (from Reddit). It could've been Lake Michigan. I was at my son's football game, about 20 miles from the Lake Michigan shore. I'm not sure I've ever seen a thunderstorm so harsh, and I

From the Bottom Line Personal [http://www.bottomlinepublications.com/]: "Cocktails containing diet soda can make you 18% more drunk than ones using regular soda." There are no calories in diet soda, so there's nothing for the stomach to process, with the result that the alcohol hits

What the hackers do is they collect the naked photos and then they trade them like baseball cards and there's a lot of money. For example, you can get $10 million for a naked Honus Wagner.

H.I.F. Actually, disgusting: Report: NFL officials asked teams to consider signing Michael Sam to practice squad [http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/dallas-cowboys/headlines/20140904-report-nfl-officials-asked-teams-to-consider-signing-michael-sam-to-practice-squad.ece] . Let me be blunt: The dishonesty of the pro-

Doctor: "I'm not 100% certain of the cause. It could be related to alcohol." Patient: "It's cool. I'll come back later when you're sober."

H.I.F. The must-read piece of the week [http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3200608/posts]. Priest slams LGBT St. Patrick's Day Parade decision; his blog then comes down. (And what's with Bishop Dolan? Is he a chameleon? Conservative under BXVI, and now ramping

BYCU Interesting piece about Michigan's booming craft beer industry and the prime industry off-shoot [http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140826/BIZ/308260027/Michigan-s-craft-beer-boom-has-suppliers-hopping] : hop-growing. Excerpt: The biggest area of expansion is in hop farming. Since 2007, the state has

Los Angeles is considering a new plan to boost the city's minimum wage to $13.25 an hour. It's getting huge support across the entire country – of Mexico.