Eric Scheske
Who is This Ennui Guy Anyway?
Any why is he such a dick?
Reinhard Kuhn (the author of The Demon of Noontide: Ennui in Western Literature) defined ennui as “the state of emptiness that the soul feels when it is deprived of interest in action, life, and the world (be it this world or another), a
Johnson Rod
TDE readers will occasionally see a reference to a "Johnson Rod." For those
uninitiated to Seinfeld, it refers to an imaginary thing that is important but
too complicated for anyone to understand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu-A8YfC4w0
Dostoyevsky's Mock Execution
In 1849, political radicals were taken out of their jail to be executed. They were lined up in front of the firing squad. Right before the guns were fired, a courier galloped up with an imperial decree, commuting the death sentence to a term in prison camp.
The whole thing
How to Live Like a Zen Master
Lessons from spiritual adepts from various traditions tell us the same thing: Cultivate the eyes of a child
Four reasons why the Right shouldn't be too distraught by the Capitol building violence
If you're like me, you're still embarrassed by the violent eruption at the
Capitol building last week. I know, Trump didn't directly provoke it, but those
close to him did, and Trump indirectly did.
As I mentioned yesterday [https://thedailyeudemon.com/53037/], no one
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Orwell Anniversary, of Sorts
"A Farthing Newspaper," the very first of George Orwell's articles to appear in
England, was published on December 29, 1928, in G.K.'s Weekly. [Michael Shelden,
Orwell, London, 1991, p. 127]
The Forsaken Stans
What are the most God-forsaken ares on earth?
I'm talking about barren areas. Relatively barren of natural beauty, of a beautiful cultural history, and of a beautiful contemporary culture.
And menacing: in its vastness, perhaps, or its brokenness.
There are plenty of contenders (western Australia, western China, northeastern
Seven Days Make One Weak
Yeah, I know: The weekly column is a day late.
But I also know: I told you not to expect another 7D1W column this year, yet
here I am.
I just returned from a whirlwind trip to Detroit to see the in-laws. Some of the
finest folk this side of