Miscellaneous

Sundays "You might try never working on Sundays. Just rule it out. See how you like it." That's one of the best pieces of advice I ever received from a priest. No matter how busy I get at the office, I don't work on

"Being humble, we will ask God for pardon many times a day for our sins of omission and commission, or at least for what is not going well in our life. . . . If we live this way, being completely sincere with ourselves, we will have no reason to set ourselves

Caption to this picture: "How to Tell When Hunting Season is Over." Have you seen Zero Dark Thirty? I haven't gone, but it has come to my hometown so I was thinking about going. After reading this review [http://www.city-journal.org/2013/bc0125mt.html], I&

BYCU I received an interesting email of "incredible historical pictures." The pictures look legitimate, but I question some of the captions (I suspect the person who assembled the original email took old pictures then put bogus captions on them). Anyway, there were a few pictures that, if the

Peterson Observations I'm enjoying John Peterson's Pop Goes the Culture. It's great non-fiction light reading . . . a perfect "bathroom book," though I haven't much defiled it that way. Herewith, a few samples: In his chapter about the wrestler Gorgeous George, Peterson

"Our Lord wants those who follow him in the midst of the world to be people who work well. They must be known for the quality of their work, which will have the prestige of excellence, and be thoroughly competent in their job or profession. They cannot be slapdash

Day Off and Foot Traffic I'm taking today off. Except for the Saturday before Christmas, it's my first Saturday off since early November. I'm pretty stoked. * * * * * * * You know something odd? My law firm's foot traffic has increased dramatically over the past year.

I found that book in my local bookstore's "Free" box out front. It looks pretty good. I doubt I'll get around to reading it soon, but hey, if it's free, it's me. A new study, funded by the beer industry,

It seems a doctor in Germany is being sued by the family of a patient who died after 16 items were left inside of him after the surgery. The doctor said he felt terrible. He tried to call the family but couldn't find his cellphone.