Brews You Can Use

Christmas tree made up of Heineken beer bottles in Vietnam last year [http://www.realbeer.com/holidayblog/?p=132]. [http://www.realbeer.com/holidayblog/?p=132] __________ [http://www.realbeer.com/holidayblog/?p=132] The best reason to diet yet: So you don't have to drink this stuff. A

From the Notebooks

There seems to be two types of voluntary seclusionists, the hermit and the loner. The hermit is the person who seeks solitude for religious reasons. The loner is his secular counterpart, a person who seeks seclusion but not for religious reasons. I am mostly interested in the loner because there

Wednesday Miscellany

Smile: You're not an island, and sin is not isolate. What you do makes a difference, whether you know it or not. Science is beginning to get it: happiness is contagious [http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/christakis_fowler08/christakis_fowler08_index.html] . > "We found that

From the Notebooks

The Catholic Evolutionist on LSD I was there when It happened, back when history really started, when memories began to do more than log instincts, when art started and language took its first steps to bridge minds, when evolution ended and living began. Don't ask me how I

Something for Sunday Morning

"God also asks us to live without ostentation, without wanting to be heroes. He wants us to lead simple, ordinary lives, trying to do good to everyone and carrying out our duties honestly." Francis Fernandez

Big in Detroit Right Now

Brews You Can Use

Need a gift for the little lady? Look no further: Dogfish Head Beer Shampoo Bar. [http://store.dogfish.com/item/Dogfish_Head_Beer_Shampoo_Bar/753/index.htm] Only $5 for ten ounces. It probably smells so good, you'll be tempted to use it yourself. But of course,

Thursday

Not much today. Things are hectic at the office right now. We're finishing the re-modeling this weekend, starting this afternoon, and I have work pouring in. During this economic slowdown, I'm grateful for the work and wonder how I keep attracting new clients. The vain

From the Highlighter. Lukacs II

At the End of an Age [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300101619/thedailyeudem-20], John Lukacs (Yale, 2002). The first part ran on Monday. “[T]here is a duality in every human life, in every human character.” p. 4. Don't worry, Lukacs is Catholic, not Manichean.

Tuesday Miscellany

My wife can corroborate this: Sales during last week's Black Friday, the traditional kickoff of the holiday shopping season, were better than many analysts expected. But the growth likely came at the expense of margins as stores cut prices aggressively [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081202/bs_