BYCU
“I've been here when it was glory hole days and when it wasn't. I want me some
glory hole!” That's apparently Jerry Jones, the owner of the Cowboys. He's an
oil man, so he was probably referring to an oil find, but
Essay
Friday
What time are the Opening Ceremonies today? London is five hours ahead of
Eastern Daylight Time, and I think the ceremonies begin at 9:00 London time, so
4:00 our time? Is that correct? I want to make sure to watch all the chicks that
are taking advantage of
Tuesday
Mini-Review
An Anthology by Josef Pieper (1981).
Choice quote: "The possibility of incurring guilt is the ultimate existential
threat for every person."
There are some authors who make you think, "I could just read this guy for the
rest of my life. He'd bring me
Saturday
Nock Notions
"The decade 1887-97 was one of the most extraordinary periods in all the history
of America's fantastic civilization; even the period 1929-39 can do but little
more than match its bizarre eccentricities. . . . Free silver, the initiative,
referendum and recall; farmer-labourism, votes-for-women, popular election of
senators,
Friday
BYCU
A few good drinking quotes:
"Conversation, hilarity and drink are connected in a profoundly human,
peculiarly intimate way." Kingsley Amis
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"While the village remained the social unit, strangers appeared seldom, and when
they did they were heavily outnumbered by your family, your friends, people you
had
Thursday
From the Notebooks
Is democracy better than monarchy? I've long thought that question deserves more
attention, but I've long thought that a prudent American doesn't ask it, since
many Americans view such a question as either treasonous or insane. In fact,
it's
Tuesday
From the Notebooks
The Nock on Babbitt?
It's interesting that Sinclair Lewis labeled the repressed character in Babbitt
after Irving Babbitt, the Harvard professor from Ohio who emphasized that, for
America to survive, men must restrain their appetites. Lewis' use of the eponym
was meant as an
Wednesday, July 4th
From the Notebooks
Many conservatives today seem to think Russell Kirk
[http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=16-05-041-f] wasn't a
libertarian, and if memory serves, he didn't consider himself a libertarian
(though he, on more than one occasion, confounded Rothbard's anarchism with
Saturday
Mini-Review
Leisure, The Basis of Culture by John Pieper (1948).
Choice quote: "[T]here can be unused space in the total world of work."
Obsessed with efficiency? I am. At least I used to be. I'm a recovering
efficiencoholic. It was bad, so bad that my
Friday
Mini-Review
Studies in Classic American Literature by D. H. Lawrence (1923).
Choice quote: “I should think the American admiration of five-minutes tourists
has done more to kill the sacredness of old European beauty and aspiration than
multitudes of bombs would have done.”
Yeah, I know: D. H. Lawrence among Catholic