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Tech troubles these past two days. Frustrating, but hey, it's the season not to
get frustrated. Just this nifty pic today.
Enjoy your weekend. The beverage forecast is splendid on my end.
Miscellaneous
Thursday
The Stretch Rambling
A handful of days to go. All kids are home except one, and we expect him to
appear late tonight or tomorrow morning.
Relevant Radio's "The Inner Life" had a pretty good show on Tuesday
(12/18/2018), giving practical spiritual advice for
Wednesday
Miscellaneous Rambling
Freaked out by the stock market and what it portends? Don't forget what the
economist Paul Samuelson said, "The stock market has correctly forecasted eight
of the last four recessions."
Not an exact quote, but close . . . and funny.
I read last weekend that a
Tuesday
Did I say work would start slowing down? I'm an idiot. Just this today:
> I thought the Left wanted to get rid of Barbie because it objectifies women. Now
they want Barbie to objectify lesbian women too? I'm so confused.
https://t.co/PvNjsbSjsk
>
Monday
Miscellaneous Rambling
Christmas neareth. Far out. This coming week is typically my favorite time of
the year: work starts to slow down, older kids start to return home.
Unfortunately, my week got off to a rough start Saturday night. I attended Mass
in a neighboring village and an older man
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> The results of statist socialism, how democrats are eager to get behind this is
beyond me
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Anarcho_Capitalism/comments/a6jd1u/the_results_of_statist_socialism_how_democrats/]
from r/Anarcho_Capitalism [http://www.reddit.com/r/Anarcho_Capitalism]
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> Please do all you can to get word out about this, folks. https://t.co/gVkH2kJ5EK
> — Eric Metaxas (@ericmetaxas) December 14, 2018
[https://twitter.com/ericmetaxas/status/1073727759506132992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]
Friday
Brews You Can Use
The liver quaketh. Three holiday parties over the next eight nights. And that
doesn't include the impromptu parties that are likely to accompany the return of
my older children that commences next week. These are fine times. My liver be
danged!
Wow, the West
Thursday
> If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be
megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the
clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner.
> — Malcolm Muggeridge (@malmuggeridge) December 6, 2018
[https://twitter.com/malmuggeridge/
Wednesday
St. Stan
Totally random, but: You ever read about Stan Musial? Man, the guy was
practically a saint, it would seem. A few entries from Wikipedia
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Musial]:
> Even though Musial left [his hometown of] Donora after high school, he retained
close ties to