Eric Scheske

The Church teaches that Christ instructed his disciples and they carried on his teachings, leaving a rough framework for a working church, but the teachings aren't in scripture. Our Protestant brothers are inclined to think Catholic practices evolved over the centuries, but that's not the Catholic

Brews You Can Use Last summer, I referenced Buckfast Tonic Wine, a caffeine-infused wine made by the Benedictine monks of Buckfast [http://thedailyeudemon.com/?p=43302]. Yesterday, I saw this "Today I Learned" at Reddit: "TIL Buckfast, a caffeinated tonic wine, accounts for less than half

Miscellaneous Rambling An observatino from one of my sons: "In TV comedy, only Daniel Tosh, Trey Parker, and Matt Stone haven't sold out." I think he's right. Tosh is a comedian and, though I often don't find him funny, he pulls no

Miscellaneous Rambling "Huge Turnout Expected for Beatification of Solanus Casey Nov. 18 [http://www.ncregister.com/blog/pattyknap/huge-turnout-expected-for-beatification-of-solanus-casey-nov.-18] ." I got tix. Greatly looking forward to it. One of Casey's favorite sayings: "Thank God ahead of

The headlock of life! My van died (well, was limping along). I had to spend a chunk of yesterday looking for a replacement, which, due to travel obligations and work pressures, came at an inopportune time (but does buying a car ever come at the right time?). Regular blogging resumes

I got back last night from northern Georgia for my niece's wedding. Gorgeous vineyard in the southern reaches of the Blue Ridge Mountains [https://www.facebook.com/DeBargeWines/]. The pic below from my camera doesn't do it justice . . . height of the color season. Outstanding wine, too,

Heading to Chattanooga for a wedding. Saw this at a five star station in SE Kentucky.

Downtown Detroit Bar Scene This post chronicles my downtown Detroit bar crawl last week with Marie, Abbie, and Alex. This, you might recall, was Alex's birthday gift to Marie and me. We started at the bar on the left. I'm pretty sure this was the old

I know Bishop Bob Morlino, drank beer with him in his apartment one evening. Great guy. > The Attack on Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, Wisconsin, is Scurrilous; Action Item! -- Fr. Z's Blog#PopeFrancis [https://twitter.com/hashtag/PopeFrancis?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] https://t.