Miscellaneous

I just learned about this: The Museum of the American Cocktail [https://natfab.org/cocktail-museum/]. I've long wanted to get to New Orleans. This Museum just increased the chances I'll make the trip. Of course, even something as cool as a museum about drinking can'

From Garet Garrett's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garet_Garrett] The American Story (1955): > George Washington was unanimously elected President. John Adams was Vice-President. Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration of Independence but had nothing to do with writing the Constitution because he was then in Paris,

Yet More Miscellaneous Rambling Digging this warm weather? Putting your garden in early? Don't get too confident. A TDE reader sends this along from an Illinois weather site: "We set a bunch of record temperatures in February 1930 (the records we are breaking now). The following March

More Miscellaneous Rambling Man, I haven't laughed so hard at a headline in a long time. From Eye of the Tiber (the Catholic version of The Onion): Burke Named Head of Vatican's Congregation of Janitorial Services [http://www.eyeofthetiber.com/2017/02/16/burke-named-head-of-vaticans-congregation-of-janitorial-services/] . The article

Miscellaneous Rambling I sent this question to a well-placed and knowledgeable Catholic: "Has the primacy of conscience over doctrine always been a contention of the Catholic left (say, since Vatican II), or is it a new attempt by the Catholic left to implement their liberal agenda?" I'

Listverse has a decidedly anti-Catholic, Whig historical perspective, but it's a pretty good site. This recent article is one of their better offerings. I can identify five of the sects as Gnostic, and my hunch is, all ten of them are, but a heresy is a heresy. The

Wow, what weather. My apologies for not posting any BYCU yesterday. I had a small crisis at the office that hit me first thing in the morning. I kept running through noon, then broke early to plant spinach, harvest spinach, prune blackberry canes, and put up another low tunnel (giving

Taco Bell has announced plans to offer a $600 wedding service at its flagship restaurant in Las Vegas. And this is cool – the burritos are conveniently wrapped in divorce papers.

Congratulations are in order for a German shepherd by the name of Rumor. Rumor the German shepherd won best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club. This is a huge honor that the dog has no idea it received.

Thieves in London made off with $3 million worth of rare books from the Middle Ages. Authorities describe the suspect as “boring.”