Miscellaneous

Bullets Whew, whatta week. This is my first blogging opportunity since last Saturday. * * * * * * * In the interim, I didn't have a chance to post about the significant gay marriage and children study. If you hadn't seen commentary about this study, start with Douthat's piece at

Music Man It's summertime. That means it's party time. And where there's a party, there's music. Unfortunately, I'm repeatedly unimpressed by people's inability to come up with a good song selection. I've been to many parties

The Monday post has been deleted. The hate was building, and this site isn't meant to inflame. Y'all have my email, if you care to email me about the issues presented. As I tried to indicate in my post, I haven't made a firm

“There is no desire which is not directed towards a good.” St. Thomas Aquinas

You know the economy is looking bad when the president comes out in an election year and says it [http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/08/us-usa-obama-economy-idUSBRE85716I20120608] . It's also safe to say it's not going to get any better soon, or else the president would

Cheap Beer and Disco Quiz: How many people were in Cleveland Stadium for 10-cent beer night, back in 1974, when things went to hell in a handbasket? Answer: 746,335. That, according to this web comment: "All I know is -- if all of the people who claim to

Bullets Leave it to illiterate computer geeks: "Every instance of the word 'kindle' has been replaced by 'nook'" on the Nook e-reader." The result? Passages like this from Tolstoy's War and Peace: "Captain Tushin, having given orders to his company,

Summer Stuff I like summer, except for the heat and the wind and the mosquitoes. The last ones kill me (figuratively-speaking, not malarialy-speaking). Whenever I hear about hiking or other outdoor activities, especially in northern Michigan where mosquitoes are thicker than the skulls of politicians, I fake a heart attack

Letters to Children Living in the Present II Now, I need to mention that you will, in a way, be forced to leave the Holy Present occasionally when you are forced to make plans for your future. This, of course, is common sense. But this common sense observation has many

"Be sure that wherever we may be, we can and must aim at the perfect life." St. Francis de Sales