Miscellaneous

Armaggedon cometh: The editor of Gilbert Magazine (the magazine I used to edit) is a punk rock fan. From a great post at his blog, The Blue Boar [http://theblueboar.blogspot.com/2007/11/punk-rock-and-chestertonian-thinking.html] : > Punk as a genre arose simultaneously in America and

I survived the weekend. It was rough. The universe's forces (m)aligned to make three days without my wife difficult: the temperature burst to 88 degrees, weekend events were delayed or started late (every parent with small children knows how a 20-minute delay is the equivalent of

A teenager in intensive care unplugged his neighbour's life support machine because the noise was keeping him awake [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2381098.html?menu=news.quirkies]. How can a guy in intensive care do that? I thought people in intensive care were in the

Animal rights activist frees caged birds. The birds, unable to deal with the real world, die [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/6626841.stm]. If the buffoon had merely read Chesterton, this wouldn't have happened. Go here [http://www.profam.org/pub/fia/fia.2008.

Just a few light things on this somber day. Good assortment of Good Friday quotes [https://thedailyeudemon.com/4388/] (from last year's TDE Good Friday post). __________ Marie: "Today is a fast day, kids." Michael (2nd grade): "Does that mean we can't eat fast

Happy Mardi Gras. Pack on five pounds for me. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. It's also the first annual Global Fast [http://gf07.com/gf/index.html]. If you haven't signed up yet, consider it. I've talked with organizer Rich Halvorson. It's a

I'm no NASCAR fan, to say the least, but I happened upon the last 20 laps of the Daytona 500 yesterday and decided to watch since it's the biggest race of the year. Wow, pretty cool. Neck-and-neck finish, big crash, one car finishes the

Friday is here, and I'm taking most of the day off. I have a few writing projects to work on and some books to read. It's not exactly the agenda of a wild and crazy guy, but I'll take it. Reminder: I'm

No school today for the kids. They have seven free hours with which to shovel us out. It shouldn't be too bad. There's four of them, ages 13 to 8, plus little Meg (almost 6). I have shovels for all of them. Plus, we kept the