Eric Scheske

Brews You Can Use This has been a long time in coming: "A bill that would end Indiana's prohibition-era ban on carryout Sunday alcohol sales was overwhelmingly approved by a key state Senate committee." Link [http://abc7chicago.com/politics/indiana-senate-committee-approves-sunday-booze-

Lecture Notes This illness continues to dog me, taking my crops, land, money, and womenfolk. For today, I merely present part of my notes from Part I of the Theology on Tap Lecture on the causes of the Reformation . . . The Black Death: As much as 60% of Europe wiped out.

Calendar and Camus A full week with the flu. Sure, the bad parts are over, but I'm still dragging and this *&(&#)@ cough won't go away. I think my staff is getting ready to toss me out of my own firm. But hey, I'

Keeping Catholicism in Focus Jack and Michael attended the annual FOCUS conference in Chicago last week. I'd heard of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students but didn't know much about it. From what I gather, FOCUS is hired [by university parishes?] to evangelize the university'

Miscellaneous Rambling I never appreciated how severe the flu can be. When I would read that it could be "life threatening," I didn't really get it. Of course, if the flu came with stomach issues that lead to dehydration, that was understandable, but to go into

> Evelyn Waugh's Epiphany Prayer of a Mother for the Conversion of Her Son - OnePeterFive https://t.co/u5WGJiZZVw via @onepeterfive [https://twitter.com/OnePeterFive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) January 7, 2018 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/950010767520292865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

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

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'