Miscellaneous

If the media had bothered to publicize the fact that Rodney King had two partners with him who didn't get beaten by police that fateful night because they obeyed orders to stay on the ground rather than repeatedly getting up and attacking them like King did, the Los

To test Twitter's ideological bias, someone calling himself “Albert Dumbledore” posted the following two tweets under different accounts and then reported them to Twitter as abusive: I fucking hate white people and their inconsiderate asses for voting for Trump. Fuck you. I fucking hate black people and their

> Marine Le Pen Takes Huge Lead https://t.co/FH6xyy6SU9 > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) November 20, 2016 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/800414015574933508]

The UK reaction to Trump: Wow! If I gave you a blow-by-blow account, this post would stumble into thousands of words, so here are the highlights. First, when we left Detroit Metro, it just started to look like Trump could pull it off. Florida had apparently gone Trump, and it

My favorite song for a spell when I was about eight years old. I listened to that 45 over and over. I think it leaked into my subconscious, hence the typo in the Saturday post.

Here's Marie in front of Big Ben, last Saturday evening. After Mass at Winchester Westminster Cathedral, we bought a few cans of gin-and-tonic (a nifty product that I haven't seen in the States) and walked along the Thames. Our entire time in England was enjoyable, but

Well, I made it to the Inklings hangout. The current owners capitalize on the connection, but tastefully so. If you find yourself in southern England, I would definitely recommend a trip to Oxford and lunch at the Eagle and Child. The food was very good (as far as British food

We got home a few hours ago, following a 20+-hour travel ordeal. I'm among the walking dead right now, but wanted to take a moment to post this picture from Merton College (where Tolkien taught and spent many, many hours). He lived in the building behind me,

But of course, I will be traveling to Beaconsfield to see GKC's home. I've been reading about it for years in Gilbert Magazine and it appears it's on 40, which is the route we're taking for a day trip to Oxford.

I have every expectation of taking in lunch and beer here: The Eagle and Child Pub, where the Inklings gathered on Tuesdays to drink beer and discuss loftier things [http://catholicexchange.com/cs-lewis-and-the-tao]. My goal is to make it here on Tuesday, but since we're supposed to be