Eric Scheske

Miscellaneous Rambling: An Appeal Dear Reader: You may have noticed that I have "stepped up" my game lately. I have decided to pour more energy into TDE. The Daily Eudemon been around since, I think, 2001, making it, in blog years, about 130 years old. Things are slowly

Rambling: Damascus to McLuhan Feast day of St. John Damascene (John of Damascus), 675-749. He's generally considered the last of the Church Fathers, at least in the Greek East. He's the very last entry in Patrick Hamell's nifty little Handbook of Patrology [http:

> The Bible is crystal clear on Christ's views on the exact right American marginal tax rate, but super fuzzy on sexuality and killing babies. https://t.co/FPDur0T8MZ > — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) December 2, 2017 [https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/937063666079404032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

I don't normally blog on Sunday, but here's a highly recommended gift if you have a guacamole lover on your list. We eat a lot of "guac" and have to process a lot of avocados. This tool was heaven sent. I have also posted

The splintering of Protestantism and the Council of Trent. Note: We were not trying to capture video at all. That is my empty gin and tonic glass, though.

Leftism v. The Church If you haven't figured it out yet, pretty much everything you see on TV is a fraud. I attribute it to two primary reasons: (1) The fraud is baked into the medium's DNA. Video is, by its nature, superficial and appeals to

Brews You Can Use I don't know whether I like this parenthetical week between Thanksgiving and Advent. I like the subdued week after the whirlwind that is Thanksgiving. It gives me a chance to catch my breath before that weird tension that is Advent: a religious season of

Miscellaneous Rambling Gotta love the mild fall: I harvested over a pound of spinach yesterday evening, which means we have supplied our own non-GMO, organic greens for over seven months of the year. Plus we sold a ton (well, a quarter-ton; about 500 pounds, we estimate). From "

“The top-selling items of Cyber Monday this year included the Nintendo Switch, Apple AirPods and the popular children's toy Hatchimals, while this year's least popular toy is Tickle Me Harvey.” Seth Meyers

Detroit I ventured back into Detroit last weekend. It was our customary Thanksgiving weekend trip to see Marie's parents and hang out with her brothers. On Friday, we went to a Detroit landmark: Buddy's Pizza. The original store. The pizza was delicious. The neighborhood? Not so