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Humor

"It is the right hemisphere that understands the emotional or the humorous aspect of a narrative; it is also better able to appreciate irony and sarcasm – all that is not explicit but radically alters meaning. . . . There is a large literature showing that the right hemisphere is crucial for appreciation of cartoons, jokes and humour of every kind." Iain McGilchrist, The Matter with Things

Saturday Stuff

Fighting the gag reflex: Instead of ducking the limelight billionaires are setting up Web sites and blogs to manage their images and brag about accomplishments in areas like philanthropy and social activism. Suddenly everyone's Mother Teresa. [http://www.forbes.com/business/forbes/2008/0324/056b.html?feed=rss_

Youth Coaching and Other

Well, I saw the worst display of sportsmanship ever at a youth event last night . . . and it was in my fifth grader's Christian basketball league. Every denomination has its challenging people, but last night's black eye goes to the Lutheran Wisconsin Synod for its coach who

Saturday Stuff

Ah, Christmas weekend. A great thing, and the Tuesday Christmas is the best. I've informally polled my friends around town, and more than half of them aren't working Monday or their offices (like mine) are closed. It's a four-day weekend, so we get the

Good Reception

Received in the mail: The Father Brown Reader [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0976638673/thedailyeudem-20]. Looks perfect for people who want some GKC (or want to introduce their children to GKC) without the occasionally-daunting GKC prose. Based on what I read, Nancy Carpentier Brown has done a nice

The New Atheists

One of the best pieces I've seen on the new atheists is a blog post at Fox News. Check it out [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308183,00.html]. Excerpts: > The anti-God movement involves vacuuming the world of the outrageous idea – yes, that slavish, medieval,

A Leno

"The Atlanta International Airport is now considering shorter flushes in its bathrooms to help cope with the drought. Shorter flushes on their toilets. Or as Sen. Larry Craig calls that, speed dating."

Monday Miscellany

Don't live here: Dhaka, Bangladesh; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Shanghai and Tianjin in China; Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt; Mumbai and Kolkata in India; Jakarta, Indonesia; Tokyo and Osaka-Kobe in Japan; Lagos, Nigeria; Karachi, Pakistan; Bangkok, Thailand, and New York and Los Angeles. [http://news.

The Wednesday Eudemon

All sorts of linkable material at Drudge right now: School plans to offer pill to middle school girls, and state law allows the girls to get it without parental consen [http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=140910&ac=PHnws] t (the confluence of demographics led to this result:

Thursday Miscellany

Abby's Queer Eye Abby has come out strongly in favor of the gay movement [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071009/ap_on_re_us/dear_abby_gay_marriage]. Nothing post-worthy, since I've long considered her too vapid to swim against the political current and therefore

Drinking Club and Schall

The temperature was mild and skies sunny. I couldn't resist the temptation to hit the drinking club. Leaving the office at 3:30, I took a folder of work and sat on the patio with a tall Oberon. I only worked for about 20 minutes, but I drank