Eric Scheske

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

Miscellaneous Rambling: Hollywoodrow and Retail You thinking the LAPD is going to crack some skulls in Hollywood? Don't hold your breath. From that Dave Thomson book on the history of Hollywood: > When the studio was still at Keystone, [director Raoul] Walsh was surprised to discover the studio

Miscellaneous Rambling: Lasciviousness Then and Now, Young and Old The 2018 Johnny's Seeds catalogue came on Saturday. I kinda felt like I did as a kid in the 1970s, when the JC Penny Christmas catalogue arrived. The biggest difference, of course, being that back then, I didn'

Did your son or daughter, niece, grandson, or neighbor kid go to college and start to lose his faith? Are any of them struggling with proselytizers of various stripes? This book will help. We think highly enough of this book that we buy it in bulk every spring and give

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It's the holiday season. As always, I request your patronage this holiday season by accessing Amazon through the banner in the upper righthand corner. But I've decided that, this year, I'll meet you halfway. I will make gift suggestions as part of my Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous Rambling Ah, Black Friday. "It's the most/disgusting dayyyyyyyyy/of the year." I've been saying that for years, incidentally. Heck, I was dissin' Black Friday before it started raping Thanksgiving. And now that it's violating that holy secular day, I