Friday
BYCU
If you haven't spent a lot of time with Zmirak's Bad Catholic series, you're
missing out. The material is flat-out brilliant. Content, prose, humor: it's all
there. I expect to draw a lot of BYCU material from Zmirak, including this
Topic
Culture
A collection of 188 issues
Everyday Drinking
I haven't devoted nearly enough attention to drinking literature, but from the
books I've read, Kingly Amis' collection of essays, Everyday Drinking, is some
of the best. Sure, he's a limey, but I think the English have a special knack
for creating drinking
It’s Time We Recognize Noise as the Eighth Capital Sin
I’m thinking the list of seven capital sins — Pride, Envy, Avarice, Anger, Sloth, Gluttony, Lust — ought to be expanded to eight.
This may be audacious of me, and I’m not sure what type of campaign I’d need in order to obtain official recognition for an eighth sin,
Monday
Ranking the Cities
We took a day trip to Chicago on Saturday. We went to the Shedd Aquarium, ate at
Uno's (over-rated), walked/shopped the Miracle Mile, then decided the heat was
too much and drove home early, pulling into our driveway before 8:00 p.m.
Thursday
Letters to Children
Living in the Present I
The nineteenth-century Scottish fantasy writer, George MacDonald, lived in
intense poverty. He wrote fairy tales in order to eke out a living for his
family. Yet he had a peaceful mind. Said C.S. Lewis about him: “His peace of
mind
Monday
On Sleep
I ran across one of the most interesting and helpful articles of the year this
weekend: "Cuckoo: Our body clocks have social jet lag. And it's making most of
us a little crazy
[http://nymag.com/arts/books/reviews/till-roenneberg-internal-time-2012-5/
Saturday
Best Vocalist
While drinking and enjoying some old tunes late yesterday afternoon, I pondered
this question: Who's the greatest pop/rock male vocalist of the 20th century?
Jim Reeves? Marty Robbins? Johnny Mathis? Sam Cooke? Roy Orbison?
I'm talking about pure singing talent, not most popular,
Wednesday
The Beat Enigma
When he saw a statue of the Virgin Mary turn its head in his hometown church's
basement in the early 1950s, Jack Kerouac said it dawned on him that the word
"Beat" is a religious word with a relation to the beatific vision.
Monday
What is Manliness?
Lew Rockwell frequently links to "The Art of Manliness." It's a decent site, but
I think it's more like Gentleman's Quarterly than a man's site. When I think of
men, I basically have two stereotypes: John Wayne
Friday
Gilbert
I ran Brews You Can Use on Black Wednesday, so today is a normal post . . .
almost. I'm also away from my computer, so I've had to pre-program a few posts.
Today, I merely want to mention that the new issue of Gilbert Magazine
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