A Few Great Charles Bukowski Quotes
His headstone features a graphic of a boxer and the Zen-inspired epitaph “Don’t try.”
Eric Scheske
Pulling Thomas Aquinas Kicking and Screaming into the Twentieth Century
There are some authors who make you think, “I could read this guy, and just this guy, for the rest of my life. He'd bring me to greater and greater levels of wisdom and understanding.”
For me, the German philosopher Josef Pieper (1904-1997) is such a writer. He
Scrolling Blog: March 2024
Happy Easter
"When the disciples saw the risen Christ, they beheld him as a reality in the world, though no longer of it, respecting the order of the world, but Lord of its laws. To behold such reality was different and more than to see a tree or watch
Why Were Humans Suddenly Able to Drink Liquor?
One drinker's haphazard, irresponsible, and drunken theory.
How to Find Diversity without Even Trying
Re-thinking our obsession with diversity
Religion is good for you. Religious participation, sociologists tell us, correlates with lower levels of criminality, better health, greater marital stability, and greater well-being.
According to an article awhile back in the Atlantic Monthly, sociologists and economists are studying this phenomenon further and, in the
Blow Back Beer to the Vanishing Sommelier
This Video is Pretty Wild
Brewer blown backwards by beer blast (video)An employee of Back Channel Brewing Company in Spring Park, Minnesota, was standing in front of a large vat when it blew him backwards.Boing BoingDavid Pescovitz
The Sommelier is Vanishing
Wine is still poured at many tables.
Prices Reflect Our Participation in Reality in General
A few notes on prices and reality
Collectors, Hoarders, and the Childless
In my youth, I started more collections than a wino starts bottles. I stopped. I don't know why.
Science and Magic . . . And Math
This is a great historical tie into Part II of Existence Strikes Back and its observation that modernity's momentum began to build in the 13th century, as Western civilization's capacity for control increased. Magic and science were twins in the cradle of modernity. This essay points
The Technology Paradox
The more efficient technology makes us, the less efficient we become.
Of course, information technology saves time by doing things quickly. Or does it? Bosses save wages, but we become their new, unwilling wage slaves. Meanwhile, with the automation of more and more processes that used to take a five-minute