Miscellaneous

I have a nifty little book called, The Gilded Tongue. My son, Alex, and I used to read from it frequently, taking delight in its absurdly pompous words. Sample: > Malison (MAL-uh-suhn): n. from Middle English malisoun, from Old French, from Latin maledictio, from maledictus, past participle of maledicere (to

Donald Trump said that after the election, he didn't call Bill Clinton, but instead, “Bill Clinton called me.” Bill Clinton said, “Actually, I was calling for Melania and he answered the phone.” Conan

We're just a few days away from Christmas and the U.S. Postal Service says that you can mail a package on Dec. 23 and still have it arrive in time for Christmas. They say that your package will make it as long as it weighs less than

Miscellaneous Rambling The Christmas fervor begins in earnest. Son Jack returned last night. Michael and Meg start Christmas break tomorrow. Abbie comes home tomorrow and Alex the day after that. We are beginning are Christmas festivities on Friday with an Eastern Michigan party: EMU v. Old Dominion in the Bahamas

Yesterday was Keith Richards' birthday. He would have been 73. Conan

The Electoral College officially cast its votes for president, and Bill Clinton actually teared up after voting for Hillary, saying that he's never cast a vote he's been prouder of. Then he said, “Except for that wet T-shirt contest I judged in Cancun.” Fallon

Miscellaneous Rambling There aren't a lot of saint commemorations this week, which I guess is understandable: People should be focused on the coming anyway, as opposed to on those quintessential focusers. But if you're looking for time with the saints, today brings us Ignatius of Antioch,

Miscellaneous Rambling The night is far spent. Morning nears. How has your night gone? Mine hasn't been too bad. A bit restless, I suppose, but not too bad. Goodness knows I've done worse. My St. James Calendar of the Christian Year tells me today is commemorated

This WaPo article about the rebelling electors reveals the sheer buffoonery at play: > Mark Hersch, a 60-year-old Chicago-based marketing strategist, joined a group known as the Hamilton Electors, who have been organizing efforts to contact electors and change their minds. Before the election, Hersch said, the most political activism

> “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.””• 'A Christmas Carol' by Dickens published #OTD [https://twitter.com/hashtag/OTD?src=hash] 1843 pic.twitter.com/cszgWmuUM0 [https://t.co/cszgWmuUM0] > — Oxford Classics (@OWC_Oxford) December 17, 2016 [https://twitter.