Miscellaneous

Many years ago, I read that T.S. Eliot wouldn't read Flannery O'Connor's fiction because he found the violence too unsettling. The idea of avoiding a mode of entertaining for such a reason had never occurred to me (in my arrogance, I probably figured

Miscellaneous Rambling The colorful folks at 4Chan are at it again: Operation Progressive Racial Identity [http://i.imgur.com/Hu5NB6U.png]. "Praise Michael Jackson for being an early trans-racial." This stuff is pure gold, though the poor grammar and spelling is a downer (at least for grammar nerds

A Random Passage Amen to this: "A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one." Simonides. I find myself spending more and more time, praying that my children find good mates . . . or the good sense to

H.I.F. I'd never heard of this organization, but it looks like they're spreading thrills and misery at the same time: "'Hidden Cash' came to my quiet neighborhood in Whittier, CA. They hid money in a small park where wildlife thrives. An

H.I.F. It's scary to know people, even Senators who obviously aren't expected to know better, think like this. Here's Chuck Schumer about the Hobby Lobby decision [http://cnsnews.com/news/article/eric-scheiner/schumer-religious-americans-pick-one-your-faith-or-your-business] : > “When we wrote RFRA back in 1993 we

According to a new study, the largest producer of oil is now the United States. So you know what that means – any day now we'll be invading ourselves.

People who wanted to go on the new Harry Potter ride at Universal had to wait in line for more than seven hours this week. That's right, seven hours of waiting just for a couple minutes of action. Or as that's also called, “watching soccer.”

Cracked me up this morning with this headline:

BYCU Alright, TDE readers know I have a big problem with "higher" education. It's grossly, grossly over-priced; it fraudulently coaxes young men and women to go into alarming amounts of debt; it's in league with Hudge and Gudge and their evil designs to bleed

A Ugandan police officer claims he was forced to shoot an aggressive tortoise that attacked him while he was drinking tea at home. In his defense, he had to act quickly, or move over a few feet and weigh his options for another hour.