Honey Heals
I fail the Crunchy Con tests on many fronts, but I like a moderate amount of the
"go natural" attitude, which is why I don't wear underwear (I'm joking; get the
food back down your throat). This sounds neat:
> A new study into
TWE
Your Name is Margo Schunderfriz, Too?
One of the best stories of the month
[http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/9606436/detail.html] (snicker):
> Last week, a waitress at the Moosehead Saloon in Westlake, Ohio, asked a woman
to show proof of age after the customer ordered a drink. When the waitress
looked at the ID,
The Weekend Eudemon
The House that Rock Built. The Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame
[http://rockhall.com/home/default.asp] in Cleveland. That's my destination this
morning. My wife is the godmother of a newborn little girl. The family is in
Cleveland, so we're going to make a day trip
Brews You Can Use II
Imported beers are gaining market share in the Midwest, the heartland of
American brewing. Link [http://www.postgazette.com/pg/06206/708440-34.stm]. The
homeland brewers are nervous. Maybe if they weren't cranking out the likes of
Budweiser, the better beers from Europe would make inroads.
All right,
Brews You Can Use
> The First Baptist Church of Hampton Falls, NH, has a beer bottle on top of the
steeple. According to the locals: A brewery owner donated $50,000 to build the
church with the condition that everyone was to know he donated it. The church,
worrying about the morality of
Of Course It's Boring
Interesting piece by Helen Kirwan-Taylor, a mother/writer who says her children
bore her. The later article makes a few decent points (I, too, don't know why
"good" parents have to attend every blasted sporting, band, or artistic event;
moreover, I detest it when parents try
Light Day
Sorry for the light blogging. I've been busy at the office, trying to keep my
baby in furs.
God, Fun, and Money
Blasphemy would be no fun, if there was no God. Chesterton said something to
that effect, and there's a lot of fun and God going around today, not to mention
some tidy profits:
> An American who began her career as a journalist in Belfast, claims she is
The Theocrats Don't Cometh
Ross Douthat of The Atlantic Monthly reviews four books by hysterical authors
who think America is becoming a theocracy
[http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0607/articles/douthat.html]. It's
hopeless to argue with people who actually believe theocracy is a risk, and
Douthat doesn't. He mocks
15 Good Adaptations
A list of 15 books that lived up to expectations on the screen
[http://www.avclub.com/content/node/50693/1]. I don't agree with all the
selections, but it's an interesting list nonetheless.