Miscellaneous

From the Notebooks Wow, there is simply a dearth of bloggable stuff out there today . . . that, or my muses have gone on strike. I'm being forced to reach into my bag of notebooks. I found this poem in my Poems folder. I don't remember writing it,

Drinking time, much less blogging-about-drinking time, is scarce this holiday season. For today, just this from my trip to the British Museum last month: Speaking of my trip to London, I was amused to duck into a sports pub for a few drinks, only to see its assortment

From the Notebooks Know thyself. This injunction was printed above Delphi's door. It's a command that has exercised seekers throughout the ages. The inscription was a guiding principle for Socrates, Philo, Plotinus (the neo-Platonist author who heavily influenced St. Augustine), and the unknown author of

All things must be sacrificed on the altar of the Moloch god of High School Athletics, including sleep and sanity during a hectic time of year, so energy, patience, and everything else is in short supply this morning. Fortunately, Taki recently posted this great piece: "How the Left Strangled

Miscellaneous Rambling I've been thinking a lot about this passage from Phillipians 4: "Have no anxiety about anything . . .". It really struck me a few weeks ago and I keep coming back to it. It's not a cliche or counsel from Bobby McFerrin [https://www.

Miscellaneous Rambling For some reason, the first week of December is always the worst: jammed with activities. After that, things are a bit better. This week, we only have stuff going on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings. In other words, I have Monday and Wednesday off, which is

I'm shocked. Do big corporations act morally when not pressured by political power, or are they simply moral non-agents that do whatever they think most expedient? They ought to be the latter, despite the modern trend of corporate jurisprudence that says it's within a corporation&

McInnes' latest isn't great, but it's good [http://takimag.com/article/reality_bites_gavin_mcinnes#axzz4SR996Yx2]. I really liked this anecdote: > In a recent episode of The Anthony Cumia Show, U.K. comedian Jeff Leach was asked to explain why refugees don't

Brews You Can Use Whew. Whatta week. Basketball games Monday and Tuesday, charity event Wednesday, office party Thursday, basketball game tonight. I'm looking forward to the weekend so I can just unwind. I doubt there's much drinking in the cards. I made a big batch of

From the Notebooks Averroes (1126-1198): Islamic Aristotelian. His relentless pursuit of natural reason in the name of Aristotle would have squashed many of the revealed truths of God. If Aristotle said it, it was true, regardless of what revealed "truths" said. The simple people should follow religion;