Fallon
Tim Tebow said that he's staying in shape in case he gets another opportunity to
play in the NFL. Then his boss said, “That's great, but these Waffle Tacos ain't
going to make themselves, so . . .”
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GKC Wednesday
Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine
[http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible
for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a
sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson
sent me a
Tuesday
In his most recent collection of essays, Joseph Epstein recounts growing up in
the 1950s. It sounds like a pretty good era. This passage really struck home
with me:
> Play was not yet organized. The endless cycle of lessons and special tutoring
for middle-class children had not begun
Monday
Miscellaneous Rambling
I spend hours in my garden. I spend a fair amount of time walking. I
occasionally am forced to drive an hour or more in my car. I burn through good
audio programs like Rob Ford burns through crack. I'm constantly running out of
good free
Sunday
Is the Catholic Church serious about promoting priestly vocations? Then it needs
to get rid of female altar servers.
Now don't get me wrong: The girls who have stepped up and served (especially in
my parish) have been a real blessing. We have troubles getting enough altar
servers
Frustrating
H.I.F.
Speaking of gardens: I just want to keep my nose buried in mine: Male student
named Connecticut school's prom queen
[http://news.msn.com/us/male-student-named-connecticut-schools-prom-queen#tscptme]
.
Friday
BYCU
I never knew this: "With more breweries per capita than any U.S. city,
Asheville, N.C., has become a sort of Napa Valley of beer."
Of course, the bigger boys now want some of the action, too: "Outsiders have
noticed that Asheville's locally
Thursday
Thinking about starting an online local newspaper? You may want to check out
this essay by Bill Kauffman about The Batavian
[http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-hyperlocal-beat/]. Excerpt:
> Five years of 12-hour-a-day and seven-day-a-week workloads later, Owens has
embedded The Batavian
Interesting
H.I.F.
This has a strong ring of truth to is, at least to me:
"The truth is, processed foods contain carefully orchestrated flavors and other
sensory factors designed to be as addictive as possible. This is in stark
contrast to whole foods, the taste and consistency of
Wednesday
A handful of great passages from Joseph Epstein's new book of essays . . . and
I'm only about 15% of the way through it:
"[I]n the matter of literary criticism, as Mencken once remarked, it is only
justice that hurts."
"[I]f the same