Miscellaneous

BYCU Here's a decent article from Lew Rockwell earlier this week: Wine Etiquette Gone Horribly Wrong [http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/04/no_author/wine-etiquette-gone-horribly-wrong/] . It's not as good as the title implies, and, indeed, I think only a borderline wine snob would really like it,

A Kansas man on trial for first-degree murder wants to remove a tattoo across his neck reading “murder” because he's worried it might prejudice the jury. Though he might be able to create reasonable doubt by just adding a question mark. China's state media has announced

H.I.F. Crowdfunding opportunity for pro-lifers: "Gosnell Movie: A historic crowdfunding campaign for a movie about America's biggest serial killer, abortionist Kermit Gosnell and the media cover-up." Link [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gosnell-movie#home].

Random Quotes "When Mr. Wilbur calls his play Halfway to Hell he underestimates the distance." Brooks Atkinson ******* Oscar Levant to an obnoxious acquaintance: "I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away." ******* "No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on grounds

The Christian Science Monitor is claiming “Hillary Clinton will be a tad less interested in running for president now that she's about to be a grandmother.” And if you put a grain of sand in your pocket there's a tad less sand on the beach.

From the Bottom Line Personal [http://www.bottomlinepublications.com/]: "Making a fist helps you remember. Clench your right hand while preparing to remember something . . . and then your left hand when trying to recall it." Odd idea, that. I'm gonna have to try it.

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. The article I linked a few minutes ago has this great passage: "Paul Theroux notes that 'During his famous experiment in his cabin at Walden, moralizing about his solitude, [Thoreau] did not mention that he brought his mother his dirty laundry and went on enjoying

H.I.F. As more Americans grow tired of the warped culture and government programs that are tilted ruthlessly against the middle class, more Americans "opt out" and go into isolation. This article [http://www.theamericanconservative.com/thoreau-vs-st-benedict-how-we-opt-out-matters/] examines the phenomenon, and also points out, "How we

“I want to say congrats to Chelsea Clinton. Last week she announced that she is expecting her first child,” Fallon said, setting up the joke. “That's great. That's great for her. If it is a girl, it will get some of Chelsea's old hands-me-downs.