Miscellaneous

Bullets I hate leaf blowers. They're the jet skis of lawn care. "'Hell', wrote one chronicler, 'felt herself defiled by his admission.'" Peter Ackroyd, writing about the death of King John. If you're not listening to Dan Carlin's

Miscellaneous Rambling This is the best new movement I've seen in years: "Get ready for Calexit! Now Nigel Farage and the 'Bad Boys of Brexit' set their sights on splitting California in two [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4350388/Nigel-Farage-s-Bad-

Miscellaneous Rambling Whew. Whirlwind weekend. Tess' 12th birthday party Friday evening, work Saturday morning, 27-hour polka party tour to Detroit, home for Michael's basketball sports banquet. Left me tired, hungover, and irritable. And about ten pounds heavier at a time when I desperately need to be

Interesting new book: Collection of photos by Hitler's personal bodyguard [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4334322/Bodyguard-Hitler-Eva-Braun-s-dead-bodies.html] . The bodyguard, who just died in 2013, apparently held Hitler in high regard and said he was a nice guy. In light

BYCU I'm going to a polka party this weekend. The obvious question is: What does a guy drink to prepare for a polka dance? The obvious answer is: lots. But I'm looking for specifics: A lot of what? Beer, of course. But I can't

> When the World is On Fire, Christians Can't Just Tend Our Gardens https://t.co/iJNMqXDvTj @JZmirak [https://twitter.com/JZmirak] #BenedictOption [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BenedictOption?src=hash] #TheStream [https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheStream?src=hash] > — The Stream (@Streamdotorg) March 22, 2017 [https://twitter.com/

North Korea today described its nuclear program as “a treasured sword of justice,” which is the same term Kim Jong Un uses to describe his cheese knife.

> “It is amazing how many people think that the government's role is to give them what they want by overriding what other people want.” > — Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) March 18, 2017 [https://twitter.com/ThomasSowell/status/843145731204616196]

More Miscellaneous Rambling Benedict of Nursia feast day today. I thought about getting Rod Dreher's new book, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation, but I know I wouldn't finish reading it. Besides, I've read enough about Dreher'