From everyone's favorite mailman Mr. Peterson of The Petersons now comes:





Terry and Randy in their latest SuperPAC men video for Funny or Die..

Adam Stein...still writing some of the best satire to be found...anywhere...check it out:

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/5851221bac/terry-and-randy-and-romney






Must be a metaphor for something, or a few things. The risks of love? The love of risk? I don't know, but would love to know how they got on it...and off it.





Yeah. It is just water and sugar. That whole "life gave me lemons, so I made Lemonade" is just a metaphor.




One of those days when trying (unsuccessfully) to solve a problem at work leads to general malaise and blog blockage.
Probably best to just take a day off.









On the other hand, since I'm still hanging out with GK--though probably on my last book before I shift over to Voltaire-- I thought I'd wrap up his stay here with:

Why he mattered.

He laughed at his own jokes and amused children.

He mentored, influenced and inspired countless other writers, artists, social activists, local and national political leaders and statesmen to become more socially aware, human and spiritually enlightened.

He wrote a novel called The Napoleon of Notting Hill, which inspired Michael Collins to lead a movement for Irish Independence.

He wrote an essay in the Illustrated London News that inspired Mohandas Gandhi who said that it gave him greater confidence and belief in his ability to lead a movement to end British colonial rule in India.

He argued eloquently against : materialism, scientific determinism, moral relativism, and agnosticism.

He also argued against both socialism and capitalism as they manifested themselves in his time, and against most other one size fits all ideologies that more often than not are the enemies of freedom and justice in modern society.

He defended “the common man” and common sense.

He defended the poor.

He defended the family.

He defended truth and beauty.

And he defended Christianity and the Catholic Faith. And this is probably why he is not better known today and more highly regarded. Intellectuals (regardless how progressive) with strong religious sensibilities went out of style a long time ago.

But most of all, for me, Chesterton is a teacher, and the best kind. He doesn’t just perform the wonder of making you think.
He makes you laugh.

“There are only two kinds of ballads. There are sad ballads about broken hearts and cheerful ballads about broken heads.”

“Marriage is the process of finding out what kind of man your wife would have preferred

"Not only are we all in the same boat, but we are all seasick."

"…The differences between a man and a woman are at best so obstinate and exasperating that they practically cannot be got over unless there is an atmosphere of exaggerated tenderness and mutual interest. To put the matter in one metaphor, the sexes are two stubborn pieces of iron; if they are to be welded together, it must be while they are red-hot."