Eric Scheske

A salute: > Timothy Matlack (May 28, 1736 ”“ April 14, 1826) was a brewer and beer bottler who emerged as a popular and powerful leader in the American Revolutionary War. Secretary of Pennsylvania during the war, and a delegate to the Second Continental Congress in 1780, he became one of

Miscellaneous Rambling I'm afraid it's going to take a long time to convince me of this: "Compulsive video-game playing could be mental health problem." Link [https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-06-compulsive-video-game-mental-health-problem.html] . And even if they can convince me that it's a

Miscellaneous Rambling: Garden I'm back from my first summer vacation. It was short, just four days with the in-laws at Michigan's largest inland lake, Houghton Lake. It's not my favorite outing of the year, but I have a great set of in-laws who largely

> Flowers are coming in nicely pic.twitter.com/4d2lWKKLUW [https://t.co/4d2lWKKLUW] > — MAXimum Greens (@GreensMaximum) June 30, 2018 [https://twitter.com/GreensMaximum/status/1013083727679901696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

BYCU I guess berry liqueurs are in high demand right now, but they're pricey. This site offers a plausible-looking recipe [https://www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/article/handcrafted-berry-liqueur-recipe] . Our first raspberries of the year are coming in, and the black raspberries that dot our neighborhood aren't far

I've started following this guy. He's Tweeting about a profound problem that doesn't get nearly enough discussion: > 21 USC §§331, 333, 343 & 21 CFR §164.110(a) make it a federal crime to sell mixed nuts containing fewer than

From the Notebooks Russia came to Christianity late, in 988, but it came to philosophy even later, not producing its own original philosopher until the eighteenth century: Gregory Skovoroda (1722-1794). At the age of 43, Skovoroda, the self-proclaimed “Russian Socrates,” became a strannik, a wanderer, who spent the rest of

The Stranger is a description of the last days of the narrator, a man named Mersault. Mersault is the mature Holden Caulfield. He goes through his life with little thought of others; primarily because he gives little thought to himself. He just goes about and lets the events of life

Miscellaneous Rambling PSA: Keep hydrated. For about nine days, I was suffering from severe dizziness, lightheadedness, mild nausea, and headaches. I was afraid I might be having a stroke. I finally saw the doctor, who told me (kindly, but with a hint of disgust), "You're dehydrated. Start

> Kids are going to grow up thinking: "I guess the Nazis were annoying. Apparently they wanted less immigration and some tariffs." > — Tom Woods (@ThomasEWoods) June 23, 2018 [https://twitter.com/ThomasEWoods/status/1010547044753334272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]