Some Belloc
The last half of the Chesterbelloc isn't nearly as quotable as the first half,
but if I had to pick the book with most quotables, it'd be The Path to Rome.
“[I]f there is difficulty it is in the whole launching of a thing, in
Topic
Books
A collection of 331 issues
This Scoop Couldn't Wait Until Monday
On May 12, 2007, Emory University will unveil the complete collection of
letters
from Flannery O'Connor to Elizabeth “Betty” Hester
[http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/2007/April/April%2023/flannery_oconnor.htm]
. Hester was, um, unorthodox, but it looks like the libertines will be sorely
disappointed:
Who is Jesus?
Michael (8) received a new children's book in his Easter basket: Who is Jesus
[http://www.pauline.org/store/moreinfo/0819883131.html]? It's a perfect book for
someone who is past the first stages of reading but not ready for heavier stuff
like, say, Romano Guardini&
The Easter Swallows
Regular readers of this blog will realize this is a first: an endorsement/review
of a children's book. Goodness knows, I've read more children's books than Mr.
Rogers, but I typically find they're something to be endured, like a dirty
diaper or
Looking for Information
I know I've been asking for a lot of input lately, but here's another. Anyone
have an opinion on Randy Engel or her book, The Rite of Sodomy ”“ Homosexuality
and the Roman Catholic Church [http://www.riteofsodomy.com/]? Email link on left
(ejscheske@yahoo.com).
Brews You Can Use
New book. Sounds pretty good and has a distributist ring to it.
It's apparently about how Miller, Anheuser-Busch, et al. captured the market
after WWII. Here's the blog review where I read about it
[http://beerblog.genx40.com/archives/2006/august/bookreviewgreat].
Unfortunately, I can&
Pink Floyd and Hilaire Belloc
Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd liked Belloc's famous children's book
[http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/07/barrett-and-belloc.html].
ISI
The Tory Anarchist offers a great overview of the new ISI catalogue
[http://toryanarchist.wordpress.com/2006/06/20/cataloging/]. At least it sounds
great. I haven't received my copy of the catalogue yet, which is odd since
they're one of this blog's sponsors.
Brews You Can Use III
Also via A Good Beer Blog: Essential Reference of Domestic Brewers and Their
Bottled Brands [http://www.essential-reference.com/]. AGBB gives it a good
review [http://beerblog.genx40.com/archives/2006/may/bookreviewthe1]. Excerpt:
> For the beer geek like me, the DBBB can be used in one or
Senior List
Remember my post earlier this week about monks in eastern Oklahoma (actually, it
wasn't a post, as much as a link to a Chesterton and Friends post
[http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/05/new-gilbert-is-here.html]
about the monks). Anyway, the post mentions John Senior, the