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BYCU
You watch Mad Men? Boardwalk Empire? If so, you've probably seen a lot of
artists at work.
Their art? The cocktail.
I attended a private cocktail instruction last night at Big Cedar Distillery
[http://www.incentivevodka.com/The-Vodka.html]. The instructor, Angie, is a
mixologist. She also
Wednesday
Catholic Blog Surfing
Well, I completely neglected the anniversary of the death of G.K. Chesterton. It
was yesterday. Fortunately, the good folks at Supremacy and Survival didn't
forget [http://supremacyandsurvival.blogspot.com/2011/06/gk-chesterton-rip.html]
. It fittingly asks the question, "Will GKC be
Tuesday
Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly
My colleague: The baddest lawyer in New Jersey. No witness means no conviction.
He's facing life in prison. . . . more>>
[http://nymag.com/news/features/paul-bergrin-2011-6/]
Comic books were hot. Smokin' hot. And then the bottom fell out.
Monday
Frugal Youth
I've noticed something new among teens: frugality. For their prom dinner, for
instance, the girls were excited that a parent agreed to host the dinner. Every
family pitched in a dish for six couples, and the kids had a great dinner
without spending $100 per couple
Something for Sunday Morning
The recollection of an injury is . . . a rusty arrow and poison for the soul.
St. Francis of Paola
Friday
Football to Misdemeanors: BYCU
You wanna spend $750 on a beer? Yeah, me neither (in the words of Pat Dailey,
"I've got to be drunk to do that"). But if you're so inclined or so stupid or so
drunk, you might want to try
Thursday
Bullets
The Seven Sisters
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainline_Protestant#Denominations]? It rings a
bell, but I'm not sure I've heard of the mainline Protestant churches referred
to that way. The Sisters are: American Baptists, Disciples of Christ,
Congregationalists / United Church of Christ, Episcopalians, Lutherans,
Wednesday
From the Notebooks
What can a man like DH Lawrence tell us about the afterlife? He may have
intuited quite a bit, even if he didn't understand it himself.
In his excellent little book, Studies in Classic American Literature, Lawrence
wrote:
> The central law of all organic
Tuesday
Time Management. Or, Increasing Self-Awareness
I see friends take long lunches, run personal errands during work hours, drop by
their houses in the middle of the afternoon, chat with colleagues, call on the
phone and talk for 30 minutes with no apparent qualms.
It got me thinking: How much