Eric Scheske

If necessity is the mother of invention, apathy is the mother of reckless creation. So it was that I approached my first drink last night with an airplane bottle of Kinky Green liqueur that I bought on a whim while at the liquor store earlier this week. All the appealing

Great interview with Bruce Springsteen: Bruce Springsteen Talks Politics, Marriage and Why He Won't Write an 'Anti-Trump Diatribe' [http://variety.com/2017/music/news/bruce-springsteen-politics-trump-marriage-1202576624/] . I really liked his reason for not writing political pieces. Its a perspective you rarely

Miscellaneous Rambling Coming in 2018: The Little Flower Company . . . by Therese Scheske. Catholics and experts in late 19th century French spirituality will appreciate the name. It's Tess' business, and father is greatly looking forward to it. I should've announced the new company on Sunday, October

Well, I haven't gone back and watched it, but I'm told it's fine, so I uploaded it:

Miscellaneous Rambling Does anyone view the Francis I papacy like Julian the Apostate's reign? Paul VI, JPII, BXVI-->Francis I. The triumph of orthodoxy disrupted by a last-gasp attempt to revive theological liberalism like Julian the Apostate's was a last-gasp attempt to revive

> And the Petulance Prize Goes To . . . | Charlotte Allen | First Things https://t.co/BeumPa5RL1 > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) September 29, 2017 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/913874821695655936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] If this part is true, I'm afraid Fr. Martin has conclusively lost it: > A

Alex bought me this last weekend while in Chicago. The store was giving out taste tests. He says it's fabulous. He and Abbie are both coming home tonight, their first trip home together since the holidays. We're going to be drinking Eastsiders, using fresh mint from

Bullets **Pitino? Really? I'm shocked. Simply shocked. **What's next? Calipari? **And as long as we're talking about shocking things, what about this: "People who prefer listening to rap over pop and classical music are more likely to be psychopaths [http://www.dailymail.co.

Miscellaneous Rambling C.S. Lewis pointed out that the mere notice that you are enjoying something takes the joy out of it. The moment you notice you're enjoying something, you're no longer enjoying it, but rather, enjoying the enjoying, which isn't at all the

Anthony Weiner had been sentenced to nearly two years in jail for sexting with a teenager. Weiner said, “Come on, Your Honor, by the time I get out, she's going to be 20.”