Eric Scheske

> What does the #PolarVortex [https://twitter.com/hashtag/PolarVortex?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] look like from space? This satellite image was taken over the U.S. Midwest and Great Lakes regions. Stay warm out there. https://t.co/X0tS0h7PWB > 📸 NOAA pic.twitter.com/67FwVQBndC

Midweek Rambling Coldageddon arrives. Today's high: Minus 12. Accompanied by wind. I've never seen it like this. I went for a walk last night after work, enjoying the seven degrees and stiff wind, telling myself I was walking in Antarctica. It was fun for the first

Miscellaneous Rambling Whew. Winter Hell Week. Minus 20 tomorrow. That'll be the coldest I've ever felt. I'm kind of looking forward to it. Man, Dante needs to come up with another circle of hell for these folks: People robbed of winter coats at gunpoint

Miscellaneous Rambling The new podcast is up: Episode 19: Introverts, Deconstructionists, and Gnostics [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/1/26/episode-19-introverts-deconstructionists-and-gnostics] . It's one of my favorites, even if the deconstructionist piece gets a bit thick at points. Show notes: > Introverts. An introvert is not a shy

I've always enjoyed walking, even as a kid, and I've always found it puzzling (and revolting) how suburban planners after WWII totally jettisoned the feet in favor of cars when they laid out their communities. > This Suburb Won't Become a Pedestrian Paradise | The

This is great to see. I received a bottle of this stuff for Christmas. I haven't tried it yet. 92 Proof. Yowza. > I found this gin through this board and it has quickly become my favorite [https://www.reddit.com/r/Gin/comments/aj3j0o/i_found_this_

More from St. Phillips. The mind boggles: > “I asked the young man this question. I'll ask you the same thing”¦Should you have walked away?” @savannahguthrie [https://twitter.com/SavannahGuthrie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] to Nathan Phillips > “That's what I was trying to do.

Miscellaneous Rambling A long week nears its end. I've been covering for a partner at the office and my domestic partner (Marie) at home. Marie returns shortly from Colorado, where she is getting my daughter, Abbie, situated in Denver to take graduate classes in theology at The Augustine

Midweek Rambling Tom Woods takes apart the Covington Catholic "news" coverage [https://www.lewrockwell.com/2019/01/thomas-woods/the-truth-about-that-native-american-man-and-those-students/] . I didn't realize Phillips claimed the boys were chanting "Build the wall." I've read enough coverage on both sides of the issue to

> MUST WATCH: This @TuckerCarlson [https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] monologue calling out famous adults who put the Covington Catholic High School boys in danger, some even fantasizing about assault & murder, is one of the best he's ever done. pic.twitter.com/xQYGcYyihG [https: