Miscellaneous

We have a historic drought going on now in this state. Due to the drought, California Governor Jerry Brown said he has cut back on bathing. As a result, Californians have cut back on hanging out with Jerry Brown. A federal court has ruled that the U.S. Postal Service

Chesterton Short(s) The 18.5 (volume 18, fifth issue) of Gilbert [http://www.chesterton.org/membership/] arrived recently. It's pretty amazing that this little magazine keeps plugging along. When I was editing it, someone told me that the average life of such niche magazines is something like

Miscellaneous Rambling Whew, another long weekend out of the way; one step closer to death. Little league game Friday night, followed by graduation parties (straight from fields, change into decent clothes in the back of my van, to parties). Blessed hours of gardening Saturday morning, then slept off grogginess from

Always dig Taki: "Truman Capote famously said that On The Road was typing, not writing, but old Jack Kerouac was Jane Austen compared to some of the novelists of today. Making it sound easy is the hardest thing in writing, and I grant you that today's modernists

The Flannery bit made it over to Catholic Lane, a fine online resource. Here's a courtesy link [http://www.catholiclane.com/flannerys-existentialist-stamp/].

In the world of soccer, after the arrest of numerous other officials, FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced his resignation this afternoon. Sepp Blatter doesn't sound like the name of a guy who's stepping down. It sounds like the reason. If elected, Lindsey Graham would be the

In a recent interview, the Pope revealed he doesn't use the Internet and he hasn't watched television since 1990. Then he announced his plan to make Bill Cosby a saint. The Grateful Dead are putting out an 80-disc live performance box set. No word yet on

According to an email from his staff, Donald Trump is set to announce on June 16 whether he will run for president. Seriously? At this point, Donald Trump announcing whether he's running for president is like soccer's World Cup – it happens every four years and no

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a file full