It’s like I’m in a “Got Milk” commercial

They served roast beef and potatoes at the D-Fac today. The roast beef was good, but the potatoes were an insult looking for someone to offend. Even instant has a standard. You should start with flakes, not a paste.

So I went to the local KFC to compensate. I walked up to the window and placed my order: one small mashed potatoes. The answer: we don’t serve mashed potatoes here. They had cole slaw, and biscuits, and extra crispy and original recipe, and French fries! I was horrified. What is wrong with this place?

Not Elves, Exactly

Urban Reuse Goes Underground: Subterranean Community Park.

Turning an underground trolley station into a public park? The hobbit and the dwarf in me says, “yes.” This is also the sort of thing that attracts me to cities. They can have layer after layer of forgotten civilization under there.

Four Kinds of Idolatry

Four Kinds of Idolatry.

This is good, as far as it goes. But I wish he’d address the really nitty-gritty areas:

  1. What difference, if any, does the incarnation have on the law against images? (That’s the Orthodox question.)
  2. What about using images in church as teaching tools? (That’s the Roman Catholic question.)
  3. What about the ark of the covenant, and other uses of images in the tabernacle and temple? (That’s my question.) Aaron’s bull was idolatry, but the cherubim were legit worship. What’s the difference? All the tribes of Israel gathered around the tabernacle in the wilderness, with a flag for each group, hense the “lion of the tribe of Judah.” Was that worship? What about the candle stands in the tabernacle? They were made to look like flowers. Why isn’t that idolatry? What about the doves and pomegranites around the alcoves in Solomon’s Temple? What about the angels in Solomon’s temple, whose wings spanned the building, so that they touched in the middle and touched each wall? Why isn’t that idolatry? Let’s ask some interesting questions.

Why Congress should not extend unemployment benefits – CSMonitor.com

Why Congress should not extend unemployment benefits – CSMonitor.com.

This is interesting to the point of being fun. How often do you read about Keynes being against a bad government expenditure policy? But even the mighty authority of Keynes will probably not convince anybody. They only like him because he says the sort of thing they want to hear.

In Arizona, nibbling away at free enterprise – The Washington Post

In Arizona, nibbling away at free enterprise – The Washington Post.

This kind of regulation really frustrates me. It’s a great example of what people call “crony capitalism,” but it isn’t really. It’s more like lobbyist capitalism, which is a sly form of a trust. It’s kind of like a monopoly.