Eric Scheske

Holidays and Ignatius The holidays pick up steam: Michael (Number 4) arrived home last night. Kids 1 and 2 are due in 48 hours. Blogging will slow down during the holiday week but, as always, I will post something every day. Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Antioch in the

Miscellaneous Rambling I've have long listened to Relevant Radio's "The Miracle Hunter" with Michael O'Neill. It's not a perfect show, but I really enjoy it. I didn't realize he had written a book: Exploring the Miraculous. The book

Miscellaneous Rambling: Mega-Churches For some reason, the topic of mega-churches has been getting a lot of attention around my house. I point out to my children what Marcus Grodi says, "The theology is a mile wide and an inch deep." Yeah, yeah, I know: It'

> Should Everyone Go to College? (essay by Bruce Frohnen) https://t.co/7kUBVFnli9 > — ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) December 16, 2017 [https://twitter.com/imaginativecons/status/942114634299006977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Miscellaneous Rambling Well, my sons and I are slowly getting into the online gardening market. We started our first Facebook ad "campaign" last night. I thought the product was pretty cool, so I thought it was worth spending some of our advertising budget on it. Bamboo Sunglasses [https:

BYCU Rambling It's National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day. Don your ugliest for the bars and Christmas parties tonight. Many thanks for your Amazon patronage this year. I don't blog for the money (shirtless male modeling does that for me), but the minor reward is nice. I

John and Santa Feast Day of St. John of the Cross. I'm inclined to think this little man may have been the most beautiful of saints. Horribly abused by fellow monks who resisted his reforms but never stopped loving. I'm dedicating 2018 to reading his works

Arby's is currently testing a new sandwich called “The Arbynator” that features roast beef, curly fries, and both cheese and honey sauces. They named it after the Terminator because it's the only sandwich that will make you want to go back in time and stop yourself

Silicon Suicide Well, if American ag has a suicide problem (see yesterday's post), it's nothing compared to the suicides coming to Silicon Valley in early 2018: Silicon Valley Is Sneaking Models Into This Year's Holiday Parties: “Ambiance and atmosphere models” contractually obligated to pretend

Miscellaneous Rambling: Agriculture Well, this was a disconcerting headline: Why are America's farmers killing themselves in record numbers? [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/06/why-are-americas-farmers-killing-themselves-in-record-numbers] As an agricultural proprietor (I just came up with that title; I