Miscellaneous

A friend sent along the above picture of his consolation after spending a long day at Disney with his daughter. I thought it was a great pic. BYCU Has anyone heard of the website Livability? From what I gather, it's a site dedicated to alerting people to great

Fr. Sammie and Other 100.8 and 41. Those are the minimum-maximum temperatures in my hobby greenhouse over the past 24 hours. I was really blown away by that 101. I knew it got hot in there, but not that hot. It should give me good perspective on what I

No Eudemon Wednesday "Insufferable"? That's probably the best word I can use to describe Miley Cyrus. She's what, 20? And she exhibits all the pseudo-wisdom and arrogance of a 20-year-old, magnified by 50. In this article [http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/03/06/

Hollywood Quotes “In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk.” Rita Rudner “Half the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and the other half are afraid they will be.” Lionel Barrymore “It's a scientific fact. For every year a person lives in Hollywood,

Gaylumbus So I'm at a party this weekend. A friend tells me about three colleges that her talented son is considering: Michigan, Stanford, and Ohio State. He apparently has a shot at getting into all of them. I responded that Stanford is easily the best of those three,

“[P]atience must always lie at the center of leisure, for reality does not disclose its secrets to careless, hasty, or indifferent scrutiny.” David Baily Harned

Inflation and Random Hidden inflation actually made it into the MSM this week: Everyday prices are up some 8 percent over the past year [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505144_162-57387655/inflation-not-as-low-as-you-think/] . By "everyday prices," the analysis focuses on things we purchase every day, like food and gas. It

I used to drink Schlitz. I didn't think it was a bad beer, and it packed a wallop. BYCU Innovation and beer: Have you ever heard of Kickstarter? It's an online entrepreneurial funding mechanism. People come up with business ideas but don't have the

On Christian Arrogance Nassim Taleb writes in the last part of Fooled by Randomness, "The epiphany I had in my career in randomness came when I understood that I was not intelligent enough, nor strong enough, to even try to fight my emotions. . . . I am incapable of training my

Randoms It's primary day here in Michigan. Has Romney irritated me enough to prompt me to pull that Santorum lever? I suspect it'll be a last-second decision. * * * * * * * Gardening Corner: 80 Odd Things You Can Compost [http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/02/26/80-items-can-compost/]. It'