Eric Scheske

> "The high-school English teacher will be fulfilling his responsibility if he furnishes the student a guided opportunity, through the best writing of the past, to come, in time, to an understanding of the best writing of the present." Flannery O'Connor #FlanneryOConnor [https://twitter.com/hashtag/

Miscellaneous Rambling Great weather returns. Finally. Man, it's been a brutal spring. With the exception of, maybe, five days, it's been terrible weather. It's been so cold, even my lettuce production has been slow. I, however, counted over 75 "volunteer" lettuce plants

Miscellaneous Rambling New episode of TWE is out: Brian Sims and Nuts on Both Sides, Fleeing California, E.F. Schumacher [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/5/10/episode-34-brian-sims-and-nuts-on-both-sides-fleeing-california-ef-schumacher] . Brian Sims: Yup, he's a hateful nut. Yup, the Right has hateful nuts too. The thing is, the Right

I gotta agree. A few podcasts ago, I wondered how so many committed Catholics can watch that show. It's a show I would love, and I tried to get into it, but I simply had to stop after the first four episodes because it was, literally, pornographic. Granted,

A new beer mile world record. I would vomit after 200 meters.

> Why don't transsexuals organize their own athletic events? Why destroy women's sports by having men who think they are women outrun, outlift, outwrestle and beat up women who are obviously weaker than they are? > — Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) May 2, 2019 [https://twitter.

Midweek Rambling I started dieting on January 1st. I dropped from 200 to 190 pounds within weeks. After that, it got hard. Very hard. I was Auschwitzing myself but couldn't drop below 190. After two months of zero progress, I went Bobby Sands for three weeks and dropped

Miscellaneous Rambling I'm a sucker for Michigan in May. The past two days have been simply gorgeous. I've spent a lot of time in the garden, taken walks, played frisbee golf with my two youngest sons, practiced tennis with Max twice, watched part of Tess'

Miscellaneous Rambling New TWE episode posted: Noise, Max Picard, George Gissing, and Cardinal Sarah [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/5/2/noise-justice-stegall-and-hangovers] . Noise. Our culture is too tolerant when it comes to noise. I explore it. Noise Part II: Silence and Russell Kirk, Max Picard, and Cardinal Sarah. Lightning

> "In recent years, Christian restaurant chains, bakers, and high-tech executives have fallen prey to campaigns to chase them from the economy, a kind of professional execution in a capitalist society." https://t.co/9DerRgO7m1 ”¦ > — The American Conservative (@amconmag) May 5, 2019 [https://twitter.com/amconmag/status/