Eric Scheske

Kuehnelt-Leddin There are thinkers who are so far to the left or right, they fall off the spectrum altogether. On the left, I put thinkers like Ralph Nader and Ivan Illich. On the right, I put a thinker named Eric von Kuehnelt-Leddin [https://amzn.to/3kBkptK], a man

Manly Math This is pretty funny: "College math prof says 'the idea that math is in any way objective is a MYTH' that 'reeks of white supremacist patriarchy [https://disrn.com/news/not-the-bee-college-math-prof-says-idea-that-math-is-in-any-way-

Bowling to Sharks My apologies for missing the past couple of days. I intended to blog from Boston, but only put out the single piece from Wednesday. Sightseeing got out of hand: candlepin bowling [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlepin_bowling]; Salem; evening boat tour; walking around downtown and in

Boston Massachusetts travel ban and Hurricane Isaias. Passed. I'm in Boston now, visiting my daughter. Okay, it's not Boston. It's Brookline. Technically, I suppose it's a suburb, but if you know Boston, such "suburbs" blend right into Boston proper. Think

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A Medium Monday The Medium.com experiment is going well. I'm getting articles "curated [https://findingtom.com/how-to-get-curated-on-medium-examples/]," which is important to reach other Medium subscribers and to earn a little beer money. I've found two writers I

Barrel of Gifts The naked dude with a barrel really was once a thing. But it apparently wasn't for broke people, but for hungover people. If someone got really drunk, bosses from James I to Civil War commanders made the drunkards wear them as punishment [https://vinepair.com/

From the Gardening Journals Political discourse rarely interests me. Hollywood gossip bores me. Sporting events hold my attention as good as any pop culture event, but when I see the monstrosity that has become athletics, the entire arena baffles me, prompting me to go into shutdown mode, unable to muster

HIF My home Charter internet service has crashed. Just this for today: For fans of comedian Gary Gulman, the actor's brief cameo in a pivotal scene during director Todd Phillips' "Joker" must come as a complete surprise. What's even more surprising is that

Free Cardinal Newman Great find at Spotify: A high-quality recording of John Henry Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologia_Pro_Vita_Sua]. Completely free. It kind of blew me away to see someone put it out there like that, but I'