Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous Rambling One little cross I stumble with every time: logistics. Or what some people call a "cluster" (which also has a more colorful variation related to copulation). Marie thrives on the cluster like some people thrive on their favorite hobby. Saturday was Marie's day to

So Michigan State finally loses. This is not a very good team. I think Dantonio has done a great job with this program, but this year's team could just as easily be 4-5 right now as 8-1. I've always kinda like Dantonio, but a friend said

> Office of Civil Rights says disguised boy has right to shower with girls https://t.co/VTTomA74rU > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) November 4, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/661877310921048068]

BYCU Michigan's microbrewery posterboy is Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Every microbrewery in Michigan wants to become the next Bell's. It makes one of the best wheat beers of all time, Oberon, and many of its other beer names, like Hopslam and Two-Hearted Ale,

I met my adorable wife 29 years ago tonight. At a bar in Ann Arbor. I think I'll revisit the romance tonight and have a few drinks. I might even take her with me (chuckle).

While exploring Bradley Birzer's works earlier this week, I came across this essay of his about foul language [http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2015/10/foul-language-decorum-and-the-soul.html] . It's worth reading: > One of America's most insightful cultural critics, Tom Wolfe, has correctly labeled this relatively

I cancelled by audible.com membership last Sunday, then saw this passage from an essay by Bradley Birzer: "[B]ecoming enthralled with audible.com and the joy of being read to, my “reading”–a mix of real reading as well as listening to books–has at least doubled and

Two Twitterable paradoxes (found from that manuscript I referenced yesterday): "Reality is simultaneously knowable and unfathomable." Josef Pieper "The medical establishment has become a major threat to health." Ivan Illich I then remembered this piece at "Catholic Exchange" [http://catholicexchange.com/tsunami-theologians-and-the-question] that I

Miscellaneous Rambling All Souls Day. You got out of a day of obligation this year. Why not "make it up" this morning (if your boss allows it)? * * * * * * * Two of my favorite holy days of the year, incidentally. * * * * * * * Brutal weekend. High school football playoffs nearly 90 minutes away Friday

Happy All Saints Day. A festivus for the rest of us, you might say . . . at least those of us that were saints but not officially recognized.