Five Twitters 1. Niche blog of the month goes to: Brian Leiter's Nietzsche Blog [http://www.brianleiternietzsche.blogspot.com/]. If you enjoy alliteration, you might call it a "Nietzsche niche for fans of the nephalistic nullifidian." Via [http://philosophybites.com/]. My digital friend Nick Milne once

"There is never a moment when there is not some virtue to be practiced." de Caussade, Abandonment to Divine Providence.

The Misanthrope Wow, it's not often you absorb as much hatred as you'll find here: Gore Vidal in his final years [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gore-vidals-united-states-of-fury-1798601.html] . The novelist-Al Gore cousin-homosexual is one shockingly

My Tigers try to avoid the humiliation of one of history's bigger meltdowns tonight. I thought it'd be a good time to run this piece. The Bird's Swan Dive On days like that, you didn't dare drink too much beer in old

"Guilt is a reality, an objective force; it has caused destruction that must be repaired. For this reason, forgiveness must be more than a matter of ignoring, of merely trying to forget." Benedict XVI.

Thick Bones for Me Don't drink for the health of it. That, Chesterton observed, is the true road to insane drinking. But if you're the type that needs a healthy upside to everything, grab a beer: "A study of 2,471 men and postmenopausal women