Miscellaneous

BYCU This article came out at Listverse on Wednesday: 10 Ways Alcohol Created Modern Society [http://listverse.com/2014/09/10/10-ways-alcohol-created-modern-society/]. Don't worry: it doesn't insinuate that alcohol is to blame for this monstrosity known as "modernity." It's just a list

> Now on tap at upscale bars: Craft cocktails. http://t.co/Aml9m9oaLc pic.twitter.com/mO1hMj9CG3 [http://t.co/mO1hMj9CG3] > — Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 11, 2014 [https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/510204659894849538]

Ludwig Wittgenstein has interested me for quite awhile. He's interested me enough to download his Tractatus to my Kindle for 99 cents, which, of course, makes me an intellectual heavyweight, though I've read scarcely any of it and haven't understood what I have read.

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

H.I.F. A pretty wild piece of tornado footage [http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=984_1410195197]. Takes about 30 seconds. I've never seen anything like it.

A friend made the mistake of asking me what I'm currently reading. I thought TDE readers might find my list halfway interesting. "What am I reading? Oh, it's hard to say. I finish one book for every four I start, but here goes. My apologies

Miscellaneous Rambling Ow. It's only September 8th and I'm already burned out on football. It didn't help matters that I had to drive twice to the same varsity football game this weekend due to weather. Also not helping: my son's varsity team

H.I.F. Today's must-read piece: A Tale of Two Churches [http://www.catholicnewworld.com/cnwonline/2014/0907/cardinal.aspx], by Cardinal George. Excerpt: "The 'ruling class,' those who shape public opinion in politics, in education, in communications, in entertainment, is using the civil law

This is a pic from Florida last night (from Reddit). It could've been Lake Michigan. I was at my son's football game, about 20 miles from the Lake Michigan shore. I'm not sure I've ever seen a thunderstorm so harsh, and I

From the Bottom Line Personal [http://www.bottomlinepublications.com/]: "Cocktails containing diet soda can make you 18% more drunk than ones using regular soda." There are no calories in diet soda, so there's nothing for the stomach to process, with the result that the alcohol hits