Miscellaneous

Sorry to Bore You, But . . . So I join a fantasy football league this year. I've been in a league for ten years, but just a family affair. This new one involves people in my community. I wanted to make a good show. It didn't go well.

In 1953 Hugh Ross Williamson, the historian, wrote regarding Belloc, "Twenty years ago I found it difficult to read him without anger ... My mind was changed not by reading Belloc but by studying sources, which revealed ...the general rightness of Belloc ..." ((ANW 320)). Belloc was a pioneer in

“Silence your heart and mind of all useless desires and distractions, so you may be able to listen to Him in the silence of your heart. You will then know for certain what God wants of you.” Mother Teresa

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We took out eldest to college today. This is him with Marie, sister Abbie, and brother Jack, standing outside the graduate library.

Received in an Email I received a slew of emails this week regarding Chesterton. If you're a GKC fan, you'll find it interesting. For everyone else, you may want to check back on Thursday. First, Chuck Colson gives a favorable review of the Father Brown stories

Received in an Email I guess it's from 2003, but the link is making its email rounds and the Catholic Online published it earlier this year: Treatment of Catholic Church 'Kangaroo Journalism' [http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=36261]. It's by

"That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous." George Gissing

Badger Beer Man The Badger Catholic articulates some deeply Beer-Manish thoughts: > The problem with the modern man is that he thinks there is a disconnect from drinking and family. Look at the drunks in college now. They never learned what enjoying a beer was when they were growing up.

Smashwords Whew. This ebook publishing thing is a real hassle. A friend recommended I try Smashwords. I downloaded their free "how-to" books and re-formatted Beer Man. It took over two hours. I then received an error message, which I think is now fixed, but heck if I know.