Eric Scheske

> Demagogue: one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. > — HL Mencken (@HLMenckenBot) July 4, 2017 [https://twitter.com/HLMenckenBot/status/882121803166097409]

Miscellaneous Rambling Welcome to the high mark of summer. MAXimum Greens got slammed with a bad trifecta: Max on vacation last week so he couldn't get produce in, the greens in the field couldn't wait any longer to get harvested, many customers are gone for the

> The central fact of American religion today is that liberal Protestantism is dead and everywhere triumphant. https://t.co/ywYJ5FOsB0 > — First Things (@firstthingsmag) July 2, 2017 [https://twitter.com/firstthingsmag/status/881618489382846464]

"The other day, a man in Minnesota got arrested, and handed the officer a Monopoly 'Get out of jail free' card. Then when he got to prison, his cellmate handed him a card that said, 'You won a beauty contest.'"

A company in New York City has opened what some are calling a nonalcoholic cocktail bar that creates drinks using lemons and herbal ingredients instead of alcohol. And this is cool – they're using empty chairs.

BYCU I mentioned earlier this week that I organized two bar outings, one Sunday and one Monday. Those aren't exactly great bar nights, but they were the only two evenings I was going to be at Houghton Lake with Marie's family. Plus, the weather was horrible,

Bullets Whew. The latter were really beginning to ride up on me: Comfortable cotton denim is back; skinny jeans are on their way out [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-skinny-jeans-backlash-why-non-stretch-denim-is-ruling-again-1498664543] . Las Vegas prepares for recreational marijuana. "Amsterdam on steroids [https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/jun/28/amsterdam-vegas-dispensaries-saturday-pot-sales/] ." Honestly,

Miscellaneous Rambling My first full day of my stay-cation. I joined Marie's family at Houghton Lake for a few days, returning yesterday. The weather was terrible, so I organized two bar hops, covering seven bars in two nights. The Monday night outing left me a bit worn on

> If only there was a 250 year old empirical social science that could have predicted this astonishing resulthttps://t.co/y0PzuhS6jt > — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 26, 2017 [https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/879385100202516480]

Miscellaneous Rambling Ah, summer. I'm taking first "stay-cation" this week. I'll spend a little while on the road, but for the most part, I'm staying put. A few long days at the produce stand site, keeping my fingers on the pulse of