Miscellaneous

A real cloud formation, celebrating my home state: Link [http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/06/woman_takes_photo_of_cloud_sha.html] .

I thought I long ago ran this great quote from Bill Kauffman's Ain't My America, but apparently not. He is quoting John Randolph: > “No government, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific, can be fit to govern me or those whom I represent.” He was

Kontent from the Kindle "We degrade God when we attribute our own ideas to Him, out of annoyance that we cannot fathom His ways." Dostoyevsky, The Idiot. 139 highlighters (as of 6/15/2014) "Of all forms of insolence there is none more flagrant than that of

Just saw it. The family was going, so I felt compelled to attend. Besides, I liked the first movie so figured this one would be at least halfway decent. My review: Terrible. Flat, canned dialogue. Worn-out humor shticks. Predictable plot. Slow and stretched out scenes. I might never see an

Random Quotes Max Beerbohm's older brother, Herbert, was a funny guy. Once, when a man walked past him groaning under a grandfather clock he was carting on his back, Herbert said, "My good fellow, why not carry a watch?" (Joseph Epstein, Partial Payments ). ******* "[A] friend

A Random Passage Cardinal Henry Newman, writing about his religious conversion, autobiographically describes the state of mind that led me to agnosticism in virtually all things secular (especially politics and anything I read in the press) except those I see with my own eyes and touch with my own hands:

I've read a fair amount by and about Ronald Knox (including the many passages about him in Joseph Pearce's splendid Literary Converts), but I never knew he was a prankster. From Listverse's recent "10 Outrageous Broadcasts That Caused Mayhem [http://listverse.com/2014/

BYCU And maybe it works in reverse: plug in those brewing benefits now and avoid those medical problems later: "A team of researchers is working out a new way to turn the brewery waste into orthopedic devices, leveraging substances naturally found in spent grain for bone grafts and implants

A couple in New York found a python inside a couch while they were cleaning out their new apartment. But on the bright side, at least now they can stop looking for their cat.

Kontent from the Kindle Amazon Page During random moments when I don't really feel like doing anything, I've started grabbing my Chromebook and going through Amazon Kindle highlights. The Kindle highlights page shows you what other readers have highlighted on their Kindle editions of various books.