Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous excerpts from my recent reading: "Several of America's greatest heroes who were born during the age of slavery were whipped far more often than most slaves." Thaddeus Russell "In fact, only a tiny minority of anarchists have practised terror as a revolutionary strategy . . . historically

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

Garden Stuff Whew. The container planting nears its end. After tomorrow, I'll have scores of containers with vegetables, herbs, and beneficials (flowers that help ward off pests). It's been tiring. Over Memorial Day, I'll finish my ground planting with winter squash, pumpkins, watermelon, cucumbers,

Miscellany The Weather Channel again missed a forecast. They not only botched up all of March and April, but last week WC resolutely clung to its prediction that Monday night temperatures would be in the 37-40 range. Meanwhile, Accuweather [http://www.accuweather.com/] had been predicting sub-32 temps for a

"[D]o what is asked of you quietly, peacefully, without hurry, and without vexation." de Caussade

We're Coming, Flannery! First Sherman, then the carpetbaggers, then the retirees, then technological start-ups. Now Catholics: Protestant South Becoming a New Catholic Stronghold [http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/protestant-south-becoming-a-new-catholic-stronghold/] . Something tells me that Flannery (and Walker Percy, for that matter) would've preferred the average Church without

BYCU Move over Scotland and Kentucky. The Japanese are taking over whisky. From Forbes [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324504704578410750713496218.html] : At the 2012 World Whiskies Awards . . . Suntory's Yamazaki 25-year-old was voted World's Best Single Malt, while Nikka won the top spot in the Blended Malt

A new survey found out the average American will spend $168 on Mother's Day this year. For any woman who's been through labor for a day and a half, remember, it pays exactly $168. A movie version of "Dungeons and Dragons" is in the

Just one observation today: If the Castro Brothers weren't heavily into porn before they kidnapped those girls, I'll donate $1,000 to the ACLU.

Bullets Man, that Cleveland abduction story is wild. Hangin' ain't good enough for those bastuds. Unbelievable. * * * * * * * Meanwhile, I've noticed a definite uptick in false criminal sexual conduct allegations by females. All anecdotal stuff, but it almost feels like the false allegations are becoming an epidemic.