Miscellaneous

H.I.F. Thank goodness. That stupid, self-righteous, gender-eliminating, politically-correct stunt might be dying out: "The dreaded Pinktober Pinkout Pinktacular is almost here, and NFL Shop already is emailing the ladies telling us to buy pink, pink, pink. But there's a good chance football fans will see

The Bravo network is under fire after it let go 16 editors from the show "Shahs of Sunset" after they tried to unionize. Said the editors, who've had to watch every episode of "Shahs of Sunset," “No, no, we said we wanted to be

My most-recent published piece, at Philosophy Now. Ataraxia in the Age of Too Much Information [https://philosophynow.org/issues/104/Ataraxia_in_the_Age_of_Too_Much_Information] . Unfortunately, you need a subscription to read it. To long-time TDE readers, it might look familiar.

The Month of the Saints: Lisieux, Francis, Avila, Bruno, Ignatius of Antioch, Luke, Anthony Claret, Simon and Jude. And now JPII and J23. Reminder: Don't neglect your best friend tomorrow [http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2013-10-02] .

Yesterday, Kenyan runner Dennis Kimetto ran the world's fastest marathon by finishing the Berlin Marathon in 2 hours, 2 minutes, and 57 seconds. He also set another record by being the first guy from Kenya to be named Dennis. Fallon North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has not

A Random Passage Here's Joseph Epstein, writing in his book Snobbery, about higher education in Mencken's time. I think it's safe to say that ivy things have only deteriorated since the 1920s: > H.L. Mencken, who also didn't bother to go

Miscellaneous Rambling I'm slowly wrapping up the garden. This wonderful weather is giving me the opportunity to put things away gradually, just spending an hour a two a week readying beds for next year and cleaning out my 50+ pots. It's also giving me an opportunity

H.I.F. One of the more interesting observations I've read this month: "Why is marriage such an unpalatable prospect to today's adults? Though “a host of complex factors” are involved, according to the Washington Post, Pew was able to pinpoint some of the biggest

A Random Passage My skepticism has made me a nicer person: not inclined to judge anything, I'm not inclined to get bothered by anything. It's been a remarkable shift in mental landscape for me, and I hope to foster it, but I have my lapses. Too