Sundry Drinking Items I head out to the Drinking Club this afternoon for college bowl games, manly conversation, and beer. It won’t be the same without my father, but I’m still looking forward to it. I won’t be running a Brews You Can Use tomorrow, so I’m doing an abbreviated one today. Tonight is all [...]
Autobiographical Corner Whew. Another whirlwind holiday. When I rolled over at 6:10 a.m. yesterday morning, I couldn’t believe it was already time to get up. I was plastered to the mattress after five Christmas celebrations, which included stops in Detroit and car troubles. Overall, it was a very nice couple of days. Tuesday at the [...]
Random Bill Bonner quotes. That guy slays me: “If markets do the work of God, as has been suggested, it is the God of the Old Testament, not the New.” Bill Bonner “All major governments seem to have come together in some unholy socialism, but where are all the socialists? Few politicians will even admit [...]
“According to many authors of spiritual books, progress in our life of piety depends a good deal on our recognition and understanding of our dominant defect. This is the defect that has the biggest influence on our behavior and thinking. It typically becomes evident in what we do, what we want, what we think: it [...]
From Reader’s Digest: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) just held a two-day summit about the hazards of “distracted driving,” which includes texting and talking on a cell phone while at the wheel. But researchers knew the dangers back in 2003, when the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) collected data showing that cell phone [...]
“He is born poor, and he teaches us that happiness is not to be found in an abundance of earthly goods. He comes into the world without any ostentation, encouraging us to be humble and not to depend on the applause of men.” Francis Fernandez
“We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.” Pope Paul VI “There were only two classes of men who heard the cry that night: Shepherds and Wise Men. Shepherds: those who know they know [...]
Golden Cucumbers “Gold is a speculation. But it is a speculation on a certainty: the debasement of the currency.” James Grant. Find that and other interesting gold speculation here, where I learned that the idea that gold could hit $5,000 an ounce isn’t just the province of gold bug nut-jobs. Even John Paulson says it [...]
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