Miscellaneous

The 26.6 inches of snow that fell in Central Park on Saturday is a one-day record for New York City. [http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/a2c422c5f539477eb8309e26cee7f64d/latest-gov-cuomo-lifts-new-york-city-travel-ban]

> "My subject in fiction is the action of grace in territory largely held by the devil." - Flannery O'Connor pic.twitter.com/fXmRxLtFrW [https://t.co/fXmRxLtFrW] > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) January 24, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/status/691076511382802433]

> It's winter again. That time of year when poor are making tough choices between food, heating, or getting that massive new tattoo. > — Offensive Tweetsâ„¢ (@TooMessedUp) January 22, 2016 [https://twitter.com/TooMessedUp/status/690528616992505856]

From the Gardening Journals Now I've done it. I came upstairs a few days ago and announced to Marie, "I just bought a pop-up coldframe greenhouse. At this point, I won't be buying anything for the garden except a handful of seeds and potting

H.I.F. Two Items 1. More on the German mass sexual assault on New Years Eve. This, from a Pakistani journalist: "I feel that Islamic culture and European norms are not compatible”¦. What happened in Cologne happens regularly in my homeland, Pakistan. The men are never ashamed, never

Been there on more than one self-righteous, delusional occasion: > The strange thing is that when you think you are totally detached, you discover an abyss of attachments. Catherine Doherty > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) January 17, 2016 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/688731740429512705] The full quote from Living

Miscellaneous Rambling Happy Martin Luther King Day. Yes, I'm one of those who don't believe MLK deserves his own holiday, and I think it's absolutely absurd that he is the only person in the history of the United States (and the history of the

> "The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds." - Thomas Merton > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) January 13, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/status/687268506279276544]

> History's Most Powerful Photos https://t.co/XiGUn9s7Jl > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) January 16, 2016 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/688472338682236928]