Miscellaneous

Brews You Can Use There's been some pretty good BYCU material out there this year. If your garden, like mine, has volunteer borage all over the place, consider this: borage fizz [http://www.kcet.org/living/food/the-public-kitchen/cocktail-recipe-borage-fizz.html] . My youngest son,

This is the cover of the Second Mencken Chrestomathy. I wish I knew more about art. I really like this picture, but I don't know why:

A Random Passage This HLM passage cracked me up for some reason: "Once, in a Madrid café, the two of us encountered a Spanish marquis who wore celluloid cuffs, suffered from pediculosis and had been drunk for sixteen years." Teachout, ed., The Second Mencken Chrestomathy. _______________ Great book, btw:

There's a viral video of a girl twerking in a moving car. She ends up falling out of the car. Hopefully she's covered by twerker's compensation.

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

The New England Patriots take on the defending champs, the Seattle Seahawks. Idina Menzel from the movie "Frozen" will sing the national anthem, and Katy Perry will perform at halftime. It's the first Super Bowl targeted specifically at 7-year-old girls.

The New Bigots Another story that broke last week during my 12-day hog-tie at the office (link [http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/gary-sinise-lieutenant-dan]): > Must reading http://t.co/CsWyz8xQFU > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) January 18, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/556773712918507520] This

Disgusting and disturbing. All phony and all lies all the time, like Obamacare but on the international level: The Truth "Behind" The Charlie Hebdo Solidarity Photo-Op [http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-17/truth-behind-cherlie-hebdo-solidarity-photo-op] .

I oughtta run a coffee, Coke, Mountain Dew, energy drink, Gatorade, or other hangover cure piece every Saturday, like this one: 23 other interesting facts about the world's best-known brand [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2910885/The-Coke-Bordeaux-mixed-cocaine-23-interesting-facts-world-