Miscellaneous

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It's Derby Day [http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/horseracing/2016/05/05/kentucky-derby-horses-20-field-inside-info/83969774/] ! Far out. Of course, I haven't watched the event in over ten years, but I like it: my brother and I went to the local horse track and bet on it

This blog post combines history, drinking, and entrepreneurship [http://sanduskyhistory.blogspot.com/2016/04/cask-villa-in-vermilion.html]. Possibly the most enjoyable idiosyncratic thing I've seen on the web all year. > During the 1920s, William J. O'Neill purchased over twenty wine casks from a wine wholesaler in

> Catholic Vote has done a pretty good job of capturing my opinion of the current situation [http://catholicvote.org/what-now/]. I bold the parts I particularly agree with: > Catholics of good will disagree about Trump. On the one hand he has pledged to nominate a qualified replacement for

Taki Theodoracopulos has led perhaps the most charmed secular life of the modern era. I just ordered his memoirs, which should make great outdoor reading this coming season. His most recent column at his online magazine is worth checking out [http://takimag.com/article/dinner_is_served_taki/print#axzz47Pf5r7LN]

Miscellaneous Rambling Amazon runs some pretty good daily deals. I'm going to start including a link at the end of my Miscellaneous Ramblings posts, both as a reminder to TDE readers and myself to check them out. Hope you don't mind. Remember: Every dollar generated for

Miscellaneous Rambling So I'm at Abbie's Baccaleurate Mass Friday evening. Some doofus was in the front row, wearing a long-sleeve Michigan State t-shirt. It was one of those things that would make a good Seinfeld diner conversation: Jerry: "He was wearing a MSU shirt."

Some good late night from last week: "Today is Take Your Kid to Work Day. It's really the most uncomfortable day of the year for the adult film industry." Kimmel "During Donald Trump's foreign policy speech yesterday, he said when it comes to

Graduation and the Jesuit Abbie graduates from the University of Michigan today; Alex turns 23 today. Both are in Ann Arbor. The idea of sitting through a two-hour graduation in "The Big House" terrifies me, so I attended the Baccalaureate Mass last night with my Mom and two

Brews You Can Use One of the more interesting articles about gin I've seen lately: 8 Surprising Facts You Never Knew About Gin [http://www.liquor.com/articles/8-surprising-gin-facts/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FA%20-%2004.27.16%20-%20Mother%27s%20Day-ab&