Miscellaneous

Science Confirms What Everyone Already Knew, Episode 1,204,093: Women want to marry rich men, a new study shows [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/12/12/scirmarr112.xml] . __________ Elton John to re-locate to Asia: Throughout Asia “there are on average more men than

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 the UK, but there

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

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 race upside

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