Eric Scheske

Been laid out by the worst flu of my adult life. Unbelievable. At points, I couldn't move. I'm on the mend now. Regular blogging will resume Monday.

Tonight is traditionally known as "The Twelfth Night [http://www.crisismagazine.com/2017/counting-christmas-celebrating-twelfth-night?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CrisisMagazine+%28Crisis+Magazine%29] ." I'd never heard of it, but it was apparently a pretty raucous celebration by people who

Zmearing the Pope I often get a bit a nervous when I'm criticizing Pope Francis. Needless to say, a person can't toss the words "Pope" and "heretic" together without flat-out contradicting the foundation of the Roman Catholic Church, so I'm

Copt Out You can indirectly support TDE by buying your vegetable and flower seeds from the MAXimum Greens website [https://www.maximumgreens.com/]. We have a nice assortment: flowers [https://www.maximumgreens.com/collections/flower-seeds], vegetables [https://www.maximumgreens.com/collections/vegetable-seeds]. Our prices match the prices charged by the

Miscellaneous Rambling I saw a headline link about Pope Francis' New Year Day Mass, so I clicked on it. I liked what I saw: "Pope Francis on Monday recommended jettisoning life's 'useless baggage' in 2018, including what he called 'empty chatter' and

Regular blogging resumes tomorrow. I hope everyone has had a great holiday season.

> From the archives: Disciplines of the soul are the basis of a liberal society. https://t.co/bAsYSGxPJK > — First Things (@firstthingsmag) December 31, 2017 [https://twitter.com/firstthingsmag/status/947587845719580672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Yet another amazing pic from European Beauty: > Rising out on a rocky crag above the confluence of two rivers near the Guadarrama mountains, Alcazar Castle is one of the most distinctive castle-palaces in #Spain [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Spain?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] by virtue of

The Gin Cometh During 2017, I veered more and more toward gin (reducing my intake of vodka). It started in London last November (2016). I couldn't drink the beer, but I could drink the gin and tonic, which is an English classic. I was impressed by the higher

Rambles Struggling with that new electronic gadget? Wired's guide might help. The Master Guide to Setting Up All Your New Devices [https://www.wired.com/2017/12/the-master-guide-to-setting-up-the-new-devices-you-just-got/] . Five things professors actually said in 2017. Link [https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10304]. It's worth reading, but