Thursday

Drinking Corner It's every wine snobs worst nightmare: box wines are gaining credibility. According to this article (Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/dining/reviews/boxed-wines-review.html?_r=1] ), it was merely a matter of time. Boxed wines have all sorts of advantages, including

Wednesday

Hit 'em When They're Vulnerable A man goes into St. John and Bernard Parish to pray. A guy walks in, puts a gun to his back, and demands his money. The robber got away with $55. It happened at 2:00 in the afternoon. Link [http://articles.

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Someone forgot to tell Taki not to talk ill of the dead. He has choice (possibly deserved) words for Lucian Freud . . . more>> [http://takimag.com/article/freud_slips_into_the_void#axzz1Tp35mKD9] The Buggles to Jersey Shore: MTV turns 30 . . . more>>

Monday

Movie Review I took the three older boys to see Captain America. The collective critics give it a C+ (Yahoo average). Of the three major rankings (Yahoo, Rotten Tomatoes, and IMDB), I trust Yahoo the most. Rotten Tomatoes is probably the best site, but I haven't gotten used

Something for Sunday Morning

“The person who is dedicated to Christ is equally earnest in small things as in great.” St. Jerome

Saturday

Vacation is Over I'm back. I spent the weekend in Alpena, Michigan, at the ancestral cottage on Lake Huron. Whatta difference one week makes. On my way home on Friday, I discovered that "they" are revising the economic figures going all the way back to 2007,

Downtown in Alpena, Michigan

Friday

When I got back from vacation, I realized the YouTube video I posted was indecent. Actually, the video wasn't bad, but the "still shot" displayed on the TDE page was, so I've deleted it. My apologies for anybody offended. In lieu, here's

Thursday

Seen on the Internet

"The Continental Dollar dropped to 1/16500th of a troy ounce of gold, or the price of gold "increased" to $16,500 Continental Dollars before the currency was terminated."