Eric Scheske

A 16-year-old boy in Bosnia broke a world record this week by smashing 111 concrete blocks with his head in 34 seconds. When asked how it felt to break the world record, the boy said, “Lampshade tricycle is my favorite flavor of pizza truck.” Corden

> The University Bookman: The Art of Flannery O'Connor in honor of her birthday https://t.co/oCgytT4pyf > — University Bookman (@ubookman) March 25, 2017 [https://twitter.com/ubookman/status/845647358146826240] By Michael Jordan. I know Professor Jordan. I met him at a Touchstone conference, then subsequently met

Bullets I hate leaf blowers. They're the jet skis of lawn care. "'Hell', wrote one chronicler, 'felt herself defiled by his admission.'" Peter Ackroyd, writing about the death of King John. If you're not listening to Dan Carlin's

Miscellaneous Rambling This is the best new movement I've seen in years: "Get ready for Calexit! Now Nigel Farage and the 'Bad Boys of Brexit' set their sights on splitting California in two [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4350388/Nigel-Farage-s-Bad-Boys-Brexit-look-Calexit.html] ." Good story:

Miscellaneous Rambling Whew. Whirlwind weekend. Tess' 12th birthday party Friday evening, work Saturday morning, 27-hour polka party tour to Detroit, home for Michael's basketball sports banquet. Left me tired, hungover, and irritable. And about ten pounds heavier at a time when I desperately need to be losing

Interesting new book: Collection of photos by Hitler's personal bodyguard [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4334322/Bodyguard-Hitler-Eva-Braun-s-dead-bodies.html] . The bodyguard, who just died in 2013, apparently held Hitler in high regard and said he was a nice guy. In light of what everyone knows now about how

BYCU I'm going to a polka party this weekend. The obvious question is: What does a guy drink to prepare for a polka dance? The obvious answer is: lots. But I'm looking for specifics: A lot of what? Beer, of course. But I can't

> When the World is On Fire, Christians Can't Just Tend Our Gardens https://t.co/iJNMqXDvTj @JZmirak [https://twitter.com/JZmirak] #BenedictOption [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BenedictOption?src=hash] #TheStream [https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheStream?src=hash] > — The Stream (@Streamdotorg) March 22, 2017 [https://twitter.com/

North Korea today described its nuclear program as “a treasured sword of justice,” which is the same term Kim Jong Un uses to describe his cheese knife.