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Eric Scheske

Something for This Holiday

The pursuit of happiness. It doesn't mean getting as much action as possible? Link [http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110006896]. Excerpts: > For anyone who went to church in the 18th century, the "pursuit of happiness" was a familiar phrase. American preachers had delivered sermons

Being Old Never Sounded So Good

Phil Brennan celebrates a birthday this week. He tells readers how old he is. Charming and thoughtful stuff. Link [http://www.etherzone.com/2005/bren062905.shtml]. Excerpts: > I'm old enough to remember that my paternal grandfather was born in 1850 and enrolled in Manhattan College a mere

Nine Nuns Officiated from the St. Lawrence River

> A Hokkaido couple has tied the knot here with dolphins acting as witnesses to the wedding ceremony. > Dolphins watched on as Hiroshi Ogaki and Miwa Yoshida became the first couple ever to exchange marriage vows at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, a marine resort in Yokohama. . . > "We really

Something for Sunday Morning

"[T]he soul moves in the opposite direction, lightly and swiftly moving upwards once it is released from sensuous and earthly attachments, soaring from the world below up towards the heavens." Gregory of Nyssa

Outage

We had planned to resume regular blogging, but were thwarted by the Norse gods of the Internet. We're not sure what happened yesterday evening, but the TDE site and many others on the web were down for hours.

Who Needs Beer . . .

when you have pi to avert ennui? > Akira Haraguchi, 59, managed to recite the number's first 83,431 decimal places, almost doubling the previous record held by another Japanese. > He had to stop three hours into his recital after losing his place, and had to start

We're Back

The raid on Somalia was a success. Eric Scheske made it back home with seven treasures. Truth be known, Eric wasn't in Somalia (shocker, shocker). He was in Houghton Lake, Michigan, a tourist resort area in central/northern Michigan (lower peninsula). The "seven treasures" refer to

Absalom

Absalom has one of the oddest deaths in the Encyclopedia Britannica. During a battle in the forest, he got his flowing hair caught in the branches of an oak tree, which allowed his enemy, Joab, to catch him and slay him. We'd never heard this story during all

Culture and Barbarism

The primary difference between the cultured man and the barbarian is a difference in permanence. The cultured man values things that are long lasting, that provide on-going value, that make a difference in the long run. He will accordingly make short-term sacrifices in order to obtain the long-

Louis XIV

> An Italian chemist came to Louis XIV with plans for the first bacteriological weapon. Louis XIV refused. He never developed the weapon, never used it against other European nations. But even more impressive, he paid the chemist an annual salary to keep the bioweapon a secret from the world.