Miscellaneous

Whew. The Christmas Hangover. It was a whirlwind four days. Drove to Detroit on Thursday, north of Detroit on Friday, back home late Friday evening. Christmas Eve celebrations, then Christmas morning festivities, followed by a trip to my Mom's in the evening. I always know I had a

"He is born poor, and he teaches us that happiness is not to be found in an abundance of earthly goods. He comes into the world without any ostentation, encouraging us to be humble and not to depend on the applause of men." Francis Fernandez

"We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice." Pope Paul VI “There were only two classes of men who heard the cry that night: Shepherds and Wise

Drinking Corner Leinenkugels has a great assortment of beer-related stuff. They even have beer soap [http://shop.leinie.com/browse.cfm/4,3913.html] (but no beer shampoo). I used to drink a lot of Leinenkugels. I loved their Sunset Wheat, mixed with a few ounces of their Berry Weiss,

Paul Surging From The Atlantic: "Newt Gingrich's campaign is rapidly imploding, and Ron Paul has now taken the lead in Iowa. He's at 23% to 20% for Mitt Romney, 14% for Gingrich, 10% each for Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Perry, 4% for Jon

Morons Redux If you hadn't noticed (I hadn't, until this weekend), Beavis and Butt-head [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-head] is back. I wrote about the program earlier [https://thedailyeudemon.com/18221/], admitting that I enjoyed the show. One TDE reader seconded my opinion

Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like a Pabst. Or at least six Pabsts. BYCU I'd heard years ago that you weren't allowed to mail booze through the U.S. Post Office, but I thought it was just an old lawyer's wives tale, like

Rock Hall Hampton Stevens gives a much-deserved thrashing to the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/12/wheres-the-rock/]. He says something that I vaguely sensed for years: The Hall snubs a lot of big names in favor of fashionable names. But I'll let