Eric Scheske

Spring blitz. Annual family golf outing yesterday; four graduation parties today. Thankfulness is the hallmark of the fulfilled life, so even though I enjoy time to myself, I am thankful that enough people like this curmudgeon-wannabe to invite him out. Of course, maybe they just like Marie? I am

From the Notebooks Russia has always been a country that takes ideas and practices from the outside, then twists and turns them into something uniquely Russian. This tendency seems endemic to Russia, perhaps ingrained from its inception when its Slavic peoples continually expanded from the western side of the great

Miscellaneous Rambling A loyal TDE reader sends this podcast along: A Good Story is Hard to Find [https://agoodstoryishardtofind.blogspot.com/p/the-library.html]. Playing off the name of Flannery O'Connor's famous, and really disturbing, short story [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Good_Man_

Summer Rambling I've never been a "hobby guy," the kind of man who looks for things to do so he can get through this veil of tears without thinking about what's on the other side. The hobby guy, to me, is the poster child

Miscellaneous Rambling This is an interesting piece: "10 Troubling Habits Of Chronically Unhappy People [https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbradberry/2016/07/26/10-troubling-habits-of-chronically-unhappy-people/#20beb79b70f3] ." I'm happy to report, I suffer from fewer than half (probably two strongly and two

Miscellaneous Rambling Why aren't young people having children? This writer's primary explanation comes down to this: It's hard [https://www.ataraxik.com/2018/05/19/no-one-wants-kids/] . But the article has a bit more depth to it. A consistent theme runs through

> The Glorious Inefficiency of Local Bookstores (essay by Dean Abbott) https://t.co/I0vAcnDg3V > — ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) May 27, 2018 [https://twitter.com/imaginativecons/status/1000534583274889216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Weekend Rambling I've started listening to The Joe Sikorra Show [https://relevantradio.com/listen/our-shows/the-joe-sikorra-show/] on Relevant Radio. I didn't try it in the past because its promotionals made it sound like he was an "over-the-top" loud

Brews You Can Use This is one of the coolest drinking stories I've seen this year: Scientists are breaking down the chemistry composition of premium wines then adding the chemicals in the proper proportions to surplus wine they buy in bulk, creating a replica of the premium wine

Commie Symp Rambling The forced acceptance of a massive Muslim invasion; the gag order on the British press surrounding Tommy Robinson; European press compliance with whatever Brussels dictates; a 180-degree turn in the mass culture with respect to homosexual activity. Something sinister has been afoot . . . and probably has been