Miscellaneous

“The hour overflows with supernatural power. In these last days it is as if Jesus were gathering strength on strength preparing for the ultimate.” Romano Guardini, The Lord

BYCU When I self-diagnosed myself with gluten intolerance, I swore off beer. I tried a few gluten-free beers, but only one of them tasted like a "real" beer. I'd been drinking beer for over thirty years, but I haven't gone back. It's

> Where men are the most sure and arrogant, there they are commonly the most mistaken. David Hume > — Philosophers Quotes (@Philosophers21) March 18, 2015 [https://twitter.com/Philosophers21/status/577994336895430656] > Did You Know #Michigan [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Michigan?src=hash] Has One Of The World's

* A man delivered a pizza to Pope Francis. Francis actually liked it more than the pizza he gets from his usual place – “Pope-a-John's.”

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

Kontent from the Kindle "Among the worst aspects of the collapse of traditional conservatism is that my children will grow up in a world in which vulgar and belligerent nationalism will be presented to them as the alternative to leftism." Thomas Woods. "Economic historians have determined that

I finally made it back to Detroit's Greektown. It was my nephew's bachelor party. I picked up my son in Ann Arbor then walked around downtown Detroit for awhile (he was still trying to clear his head from the party his house threw the night before

Good, clean short jokes: "I have the heart of a lion and a lifetime ban from the Toronto zoo." "I told my girlfriend she drew her eyebrows too high. She seemed surprised." "A termite walks into the bar and asks, 'Is the bar tender

I'll do some of this as the weather turns nicer. Few things finer than sitting on the front porch with a drink. > The Zen of Drinking Alone. Modern Drunkard Magazine - http://t.co/b1C9s5F1x9 > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) March 8, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/

One of the most interesting things I read this week: > From Reddit: TIL a $1.99 bottle of wine, Two Buck Chuck, beat 2300 other wines to win the 28th Annual International Eastern Wine Competition > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) March 15, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/577085165052301312]