Eric Scheske

Face Masks in Northern Michigan Marie, five of our kids, and I took our annual trip to Alpena, Michigan for a long weekend. Five days. We normally go up in July or August for ten days, but weddings and other family exigencies have made the forecast pretty clear: virtually no

And that's where Belloc sits with many. Ignored and neglected. He rubbed people the wrong way while he was alive, too. His nasty wars with H.G. Wells are legendary, but even before the nastiness started, Wells didn't care for him. Wells cherished Chesterton's

Virtue or Vice? When it comes to one's own death, when does a person cross the line from abandonment to God's will (the finest thing) to reckless disregard for one's own health and life (a potential sin . . . Catechism 2288 [http://w2.vatican.va/archive/

Emperors, Life, Other Another good post by Medium superstar writer Ayodeji Awosika: 10 Signs Your Life is Probably Better Than You Think It Is [https://medium.com/@Chef_BoyarDEJI/10-signs-your-life-is-probably-better-than-you-think-it-is-5cf16b845f46] . Number One: "You're alive. He bolsters his selection with a quote from Nassim Taleb: “We are quick

This Ain't Hard, People Crazy days. COVID, first grandchild, basement flood, habitual drunkenness. What's a guy to do? But I still have time to read tripe like this: “The last few months have laid bare the reality that, even before the pandemic hit, far too many

New Episode Released Arthur, Alfred, and Other Kings to 1649. Medium dot Com [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2020/5/17/episode-76-arthur-alfred-and-other-kings-to-1549-medium-dot-com] A quick overview of what we've covered in English history: First, Rome's conquest of southern Britain, and the withdrawal of its soldiers in 410,

Bars Color me "out of touch." These are the five things people miss most [https://windfm.com/2020/05/5-things-people-miss-most-from-pre-covid-life/] from life before Coronabeer virus: 1. Having face-to-face interactions. 2. Celebrating big milestones with friends and family. 3. Hugging. 4. Having date nights. 5. Going to a bar

Peanut butter whiskey > I realllllly didn't think I'd like this. But its very tasty. pic.twitter.com/sMCMUwg114 [https://t.co/sMCMUwg114] > — Hawaiian Mark 🤙 (@Hawaiian_Mark) May 11, 2020 [https://twitter.com/Hawaiian_Mark/status/1259696875789139968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Los Angeles Fiction Matthew Schmitz at First Things ties together Hollywood noir films to Christian theology [https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/06/the-fallen-men-of-film-noir]. It's a neat overview of a film genre I've never tried (unless The Maltese Falcon counts as "noir"). The great

Grandpa Jones I'm a grandfather! Edith "But I'm Not Jewish" Knoerl was born last night, around 8:00 PM. Mother, father, and grandfather are doing fine, but, after nearly killing Max with the cork from the first bottle of champagne, I engaged in celebratory