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From the Notebooks In The Guinea Pig Diaries, A.J. Jacobs engages in intense experiments of the subjective sort: he uses himself, the guinea pig, to test ideas and phenomenon. Each chapter of the book describes the results. In “My Outsourced Life,” he wants to know what it's

The Bible and Anarchy Jacques Ellul was a Christian anarchist, and he wrote a nifty little book about his reasons: Anarchy and Christianity. It's not the greatest book in the world, but it reads smoothly and its arguments are easy to follow. Essentially, Ellul, a Bible-first Protestant,

Nockian Corner "I have always lived close to the windward side of poverty, sometimes in pretty squalid surroundings, but I thank the Lord that I never had to live in a real-estater's suburb." Albert Jay Nock, The Book of Journeyman. This sentiment resonates with me.

Schizophrenia and the Saint Frank Chodorov wrote of the "conscious schizophrenic." The "C-S," according to Chodorov, is a person who intuitively latches onto values that don't fit into the existing social order, so he yearns for something better than what he can find

TDE doesn't get many opportunities to post "honey shots," so when I saw this one, I jumped at the chance. A little sex appeal might drive more viewers to these otherwise-stolid cybershores. I'd never heard of Zymurgy [http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/zymurgy/

Slow drinking news week. Fortunately, I have been holding back this link to Doug Crockwell's series, "What Kind of Drinker Are You?" [http://www.fulltable.com/VTS/a/aa/drink/t.htm] There's enough drinking fodder to keep TDE readers amused until the effects

A TDE reader sent me a link to Forbes Craft Beer of the Day [http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/02/07/craft-beer-of-the-day-hop-mountain-by-old-dominion/?feed=rss_home] . It's a pretty cool feature. Problem is, I can't seem

BYCU An advice columnist at the Washington Post ran this sniveling drivel [http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-control-freak-and-dishonest-to-boot/2012/01/17/gIQAN2RxVQ_story.html] : "My girlfriend has complained a lot every time I make a batch (every two months): She says the

BYCU This is a nice picture. It's by the drinker's artist, Douglas Crockwell, and entitled "A Winter Evening at Home." I won't be spending this evening at my house, but instead will be frequenting a downtown bar to listen to two friends

Poetry reading is a contemplative art. It might be the most intense contemplative art and, among secular pursuits, the most sublime. That's probably why I'm no good at it. If you want to understand poetry, you must get Understanding Poetry. I've read a handful