“The average American is physically, biologically, psychologically and neurologically unable to do anything worthwhile before he has a cup of coffee! And that goes for prayer too. Even sisters in convents whose rules were written before electric percolators were developed would do well to update their procedures. Let them have coffee before meditation.” Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.
August 2009
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August 17, 2009
Someone Make This Guy A Saint!
Posted by M. Jordan Lichens under Catholic | Tags: Fulton J Sheen |1 Comment
August 1, 2009
It Really Is Good For You!
Posted by M. Jordan Lichens under Beer | Tags: Guinness, Health, Heart Disease |Leave a Comment
There is a certain joy I get when my puritanical friends have to swollow their pride and admit that maybe not all my
Indeed it is!
vices are quite as bad for me as once thought. A suspicion that I’ve shared with many greats over the centuries has finally been proven by an American University. It seems, my consistent reader, that Guinness is good for you! According to BBC Health, studies at the University of Wisconsin have found that Guinness may in fact be good for the heart.
They [the UW researchers] believe that ‘antioxidant compounds’ in the Guinness, similar to those found in certain fruits and vegetables, are responsible for the health benefits because they slow down the deposit of harmful cholesterol on the artery walls
Well, let us raise a pint to your health!
