Eric Scheske
Choose Wisely
A man is at a cocktail party. An angel appears and reveals to the crowd that the man had recently risked his life to save a little girl. The angel announced to the man in front of everybody: “You may choose one: Greatest wisdom, greatest wealth, or greatest fame.” The
Philip Rivers Hangs with Eric Scheske
Thanks to Archangel Radio for having me on their morning show. The video is below. The interview starts at 5:40.
Archangel Radio is also the home of the St. Michael's Cardinals football team, which is where Philip Rivers is the new coach.
That, like, makes Philip Rivers
Looking for a Book Curator?
If you hadn't noticed, there are tons of books out there. It can be hard to find new stuff that's also "reliable" (whatever that means).
I highly recommend Eighth Day Books out of Wichita, Kansas. They're devoutly Greek Orthodox and "reliable&
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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