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Received in an Email Indian Chief "Two Eagles" was asked by a white U.S. Government official, "You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars and his technological advances. You've seen his progress, and the damage he'

Gabriel Marcel: "The less life is experienced as a captivity the less the soul will be able to see the shining of that veiled, mysterious light." Homo Viator, 32. Placed on the flipside: The more a soul experiences its captivity, its limitations, and its darkness, the more it

Tom Bombadil is kinda like Switzerland. Hubris leads to humility, but normally against one's will. "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed -- and hence clamorous to be led to safety -- by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all

Beer and Other Lubricants Coincidences never cease: I start a Roman kick, and then yesterday, I run across a short blurb about Pliny the Elder beer. I haven't tried it, but I figured the picture is worth posting, especially since there'll be no BYCU this Friday.

Yup, Europe has gotten whacked hard:

Favorite Books I finished Chodorov's The Rise and Fall of Society this weekend. What great reading. Light prose, heavy topic. Everything distilled easily, like only a man with a firm grasp on the subject can do. If you're interested in the huge body of libertarian literature

How do you clear snow? Shovel? Snow-blower? Snow service? I use . . . The Octo-Blade! It's an octopus-like machine that attacks the snow from eight different angles, using different-sized blades to hit different accumulations. The little blades take care of the front porch and areas under the eaves. The medium

Received in an Email "Speaking of shopping, every year Randy and Mary and Robin and I go on what we call our 'gay shopping trip,' because we start at that faggy coffee house, then Randy and I have to go to the Home Depot to wipe the