Saturday

The whirlwind continues: out-of-town company, AAU basketball tournament near Chicago, First Communion, plus the usual assortment: work, baseball, soccer, and track. We also went to Wicked Thursday night, which was enjoyable, but made for a late night Thursday. If you haven't seen Wicked, I'd

Friday

BYCU Feel-good beer story of the year: Local self-taught beer expert overcoming autism with hope and help [http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/04/local_self-taut_beer_expert_ov.html] . The autistic guy is pretty impressive in the important things: "Rice, 55, of Vermilion,

Thursday

Whew. Spring activity came in like a lion yesterday. Kids came home from college, Spring sports are underway. We didn't actually get the kids home until 8:00 last night, so there hasn't been much time for blogging. Just this funny line from Jimmy Fallon: "

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

The practice of law can be highly frustrating and stressful, especially when dealing with bureaucrats. Sometimes I handle it well, sometimes . . . not so well. But I don't think I've ever come near this kind of meltdown when dealing with anyone, including a tax eater. Go here

Monday

You Go, Girl Articles like this used to make me mad. Now they make me chuckle. Kentucky woman ordained as priest in defiance of Roman Catholic Church [http://wtax.com/Kentucky-woman-ordained-as-priest-in-defiance-of-R/11472080?newsId=208673] . The woman, the writer, the people interviewed: all

Something for Sunday Morning

"You like to multi-task? Then work well. In that way, you provide for your family and become spiritually stronger at the same time. The same can be said of every human pursuit: Do it well, do it with kindness, do it calmly. When you do, you not merely

Saturday

Finally, a gorgeous weekend. Of course, I celebrated by gardening all afternoon then knocking back a bottle of wine, so I'm not feeling great for Day Two of the Only Nice Weekend of 2013, but I suppose I can be forgiven. * * * * * * * Speaking of wine, this looks like a

Friday

BYCU Just as I believe that big business rapes America (not always, of course, but too often to trust 'em), I believe small business is America's greatest virtue. Sure, there's too much red tape and big business can use the crush of bureaucracy to stifle

Some Good Fallon

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is in a little trouble today. Apparently people in South Korea are mad at him for giving a one-handed handshake to the country's president, which over there is a sign of disrespect. And in hindsight, the hand buzzer wasn't a great