Miscellaneous

The temperature dropped to 30 degrees Sunday evening. We went out Sunday afternoon and gathered up as many tomatoes--red, yellow, green--that we could. We ended up with about a thousand cherry and grape tomatoes, most of them green. We have no idea what we'll do with them, but

An Online Annoyance Does anybody enjoy the online news videos? You know what I'm referring to: You're surfing the Internet, you see a link to an interesting story, you click on it, and (instead of a printed news story) a video screen comes up. I almost

“Contradiction and contentiousness come from deceit, a companion of unbelief and haughtiness.” The Philokalia

BYCU I can't say I've ever read Gentleman's Quarterly. In fact, the term "GQ" and "gay as hell" were pretty much synonymous in my circle while growing up. But when a TDE reader sent me this story, "5 Best

Congrats to Miguel Cabrera: the first triple crown winner in 45 years. I can't believe there wasn't a lot more media coverage of this phenomenal achievement. It's either a testament to baseball's declining popularity or a testament to the idea that, if

Bullets October is a great saint month: Lisieux, Francis, Avila, Bruno. October might be my favorite month of the year anyway. The great saints we commemorate during are just a kicker. * * * * * * * Pretty strong words from a bishop: "[A] vote for a candidate who promotes actions or behaviors that are

Nock Notions Our culture? You might say Nock wasn't a big fan: "Our civilization is certainly a poor enough affair, anyone who is even half satisfied with it ought to be ashamed of himself, and everybody ought to kick about it as hard as he can, poke

The Fathers Wanna become Catholic? Read the Church Fathers. That's a consistent theme on Marcus Grodi's The Journey Home, as well as a theme hammered home by my friend, Mike Aquilina. I was reminded of the Catholic thinking of those earliest Christians when reading Evelyn Waugh&

“It is not good to look at what it is not lawful to desire.” St. Gregory the Great

Bullets Low-impact weekend. A little work at the office, a little gardening, a little football, a lot of reading. Perfect. * * * * * * * No surprise: "Couples who share the housework are more likely to divorce, study finds [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/9572187/Couples-who-share-the-housework-are-more-likely-to-divorce-study-finds.html] ." But I wouldn&