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Four New Saints

Coming Sunday: > Blessed Theodore Guerin (1798- 1858), the French-born founder of the American Sisters of Providence of St. Mary of the Woods; > Blessed Rafael Guizar Valencia (1878 - 1938), the Bishop of Veracruz/Jalapa, Mexico; > Blessed Filippo Smaldone (1848-1923), an Italian diocesan priest and founder of the

Roepke and Richards

Two good emails from readers who are bailing me out on a slow post day: > Happy Birthday! Wilhelm Roepke [http://www.mises.org/content/roepke.asp]. Although, most of your "Austrian" friends have forgotten you, and can't find space on their site to remember you.

LSD and Alcoholism

What to write about today? Pitt and Jolie [http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13546041,00.html]? Naw, though I found it interesting that their bodyguard appears to be a lot older and shorter than the poor photographer that he manhandled. Google's purchase of Youtube [http://apnews.

Something for Sunday Morning

> But in every matter it behooves us to mark well the end: for oftentimes God gives men a gleam of happiness, and then plunges them into ruin. Solon (I wonder is this is how my wife will feel as she ends her weekend trip with the women folk? I

Manly Christians, Celebrate!

It's the anniversary of Lepanto [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto_(1571)]. An important battle whose importance has become even more apparent in the last couple of years. Chesterton's poem [http://www.dur.ac.uk/martin.ward/gkc/books/lepanto.html]. More coverage [http:

Wyoming

Wyoming Catholic [http://www.americanpapist.com/2006/10/new-college-to-keep-your-eyes-on.html], a promising new Catholic university. Whatta neat opportunity for youngsters. > "Because cell phones are enormously distracting and provide Internet access, which is even more distracting, we are asking our students to take a break from technology and learn

The Weekend Eudemon

An abbreviated eudemon? Yup. Marie left for the weekend, leaving me with the Seven, an open bottle of wine, and a loaded handgun. Alright, I'm lying about the gun, but she is gone and the wine is there. I'm not drinking it, though. I need all

Brews You Can Use IV

I'm not drinking at this joint: A horse has become a regular at a pub in the north of England [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061003-032826-8755r].

Redneck Fun

> Any possible charges against the 17-year-old girls who hung a red bra out of a car on I-75 on Sept. 26, causing a single-car accident that hurt two men, would be filed next week, a Wood County Juvenile Court prosecutor said yesterday. Link [http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.

Brews You Can Use III

Romanian beers: Neat picture, but I wouldn't drink the stuff. Knowing those weird buggers in Romania [https://thedailyeudemon.com/3664/], they're probably urinating in it.