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Trashy Tuesday

This Ain't Hard, People Crazy days. COVID, first grandchild, basement flood, habitual drunkenness. What's a guy to do? But I still have time to read tripe like this: “The last few months have laid bare the reality that, even before the pandemic hit, far too many

Episode 76

New Episode Released Arthur, Alfred, and Other Kings to 1649. Medium dot Com [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2020/5/17/episode-76-arthur-alfred-and-other-kings-to-1549-medium-dot-com] A quick overview of what we've covered in English history: First, Rome's conquest of southern Britain, and the withdrawal of its soldiers in 410,

BYCU

Bars Color me "out of touch." These are the five things people miss most [https://windfm.com/2020/05/5-things-people-miss-most-from-pre-covid-life/] from life before Coronabeer virus: 1. Having face-to-face interactions. 2. Celebrating big milestones with friends and family. 3. Hugging. 4. Having date nights. 5. Going to a bar

This has Gotta be a Sin

Peanut butter whiskey > I realllllly didn't think I'd like this. But its very tasty. pic.twitter.com/sMCMUwg114 [https://t.co/sMCMUwg114] > — Hawaiian Mark ðŸ¤™ (@Hawaiian_Mark) May 11, 2020 [https://twitter.com/Hawaiian_Mark/status/1259696875789139968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Noir to Historical Fiction

Los Angeles Fiction Matthew Schmitz at First Things ties together Hollywood noir films to Christian theology [https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/06/the-fallen-men-of-film-noir]. It's a neat overview of a film genre I've never tried (unless The Maltese Falcon counts as "noir"). The great

New Baby

Grandpa Jones I'm a grandfather! Edith "But I'm Not Jewish" Knoerl was born last night, around 8:00 PM. Mother, father, and grandfather are doing fine, but, after nearly killing Max with the cork from the first bottle of champagne, I engaged in celebratory

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Episode 75

New Episode Released Episode 75: Charles MacKay, Popular Delusions, Radical Spiritualists [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2020/5/10/episode-75] Some Protestant sects were freakish, whether the Anabaptists in Munster or those iconoclastic peasants who took craps in holy water fonts, the Reformation brought more freaks to the open than

Reasons to Drink

You Can Always Find a Reason Are you getting older but like to remain active? As a result, do you have aches and pains? That's me. I think I found the magic bullet: the foam roller. Jack and Meg have been using it for years, and I just

End It

Alternatives to Quarantine Joe Rogan has come out and said it's time to end the lockdowns [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/joe-rogan-we-cant-sustain-efforts-to-quarantine-the-whole-country] : > The vast majority of people that are going to get this ... it's not going to be fatal," added Rogan. "We have