Eric Scheske

Miscellaneous Rambling Halfway through January. We're getting there. My gardening finger is getting itchy. If yours is too and you're looking to start seeds indoors, check out products by Bootstrap Farmer. They're a little more expensive, but far better than anything else on the

Miscellaneous Rambling The new podcast is up [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/1/12/episode-17-nock-deconstructing-the-family-mindfulness] . It starts with a review of The Mind and Art of Albert Jay Nock, an unlikely book that makes my Top 50 books of all time. The Show Notes: The Mind and Art of

> “Work destroys your soul by stealthily invading your brain during the hours not officially spent working.” Nassim Taleb pic.twitter.com/spxoAGaoEN [https://t.co/spxoAGaoEN] > — The Weekly Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) January 13, 2019 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/1084457150695522305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

> Kraków Old Town in the historic central district of Kraków, #Poland [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Poland?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]. pic.twitter.com/FoGvwwdxFL [https://t.co/FoGvwwdxFL] > — European Beauty (@MagicalEurope) January 5, 2019 [https://twitter.com/MagicalEurope/status/1081610106868060162?ref_src=twsrc%

BYCU The Brutal Hammer of Truth [http://brutalhammer.com/] continues to crank out a study supply of BYCU stories: Interesting piece: the demise of the hotel mini-bar [http://www.traveller.com.au/at-19-for-a-thimble-of-whisky-noone-in-their-right-mind-uses-a-hotel-minibar-h19veg] . Basically, it appears to come down to this: Hotels charge such outrageous prices for the drinks, no

Miscellaneous Rambling I guess LeBron made a reference to Jewish people and their supposed wealth and there was an outcry. This apparently happened during the holiday season, during which I was either indisposed or inebriated, so I missed it. I first read about it in last week's "

Midweek Rambling Whew. No energy these days. I think I had touch of stomach flu or something last week. I started feeling better on Sunday, then came down with a migraine on Monday. Yesterday, I was just kinda dragging all day, though I was able to log in a full

More Miscellaneous Rambling Kinder and gentler ink: "With cleveland.com's right-to-be-forgotten experiment, we are removing names from dated stories about minor crimes and other embarrassing news." Link [https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2019/01/fill-this-form-out-for-your-right-to-be-forgotten.html] . It's great to hear that I'll

Miscellaneous Rambling Well, now the holiday season is really over. Epiphany has come and gone. Marie is de-Christmasing the house today. A full work-week yawns in front of us. Oh well. Every season, whether of the calendar or our life, brings its blessings and curses. For me, I'm

> Three of my kids at the FOCUS conference in Indianapolis: SEEK. Seen here with Fr. Nathan Goebel from Catholic Stuff You Should Know. > The two boys with Fr. Nathan are my sons, Michael and Jack. Daughter Abbie is two away from Jack (three away from Fr. Nathan). pic.