Eric Scheske

Miscellaneous Rambling Feast Day of St. Antony the Great. The patron saint of every would-be holy scoundrel who wants to give up and leave his station in life. I thought I wrote an article about St. Antony, but I think it was St. Macarius, one of his desert descendants. You

Miscellaneous Rambling I like ordinary time. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's the mild sense that "the pressure is off." You know, all the grace coming at you during the high holy seasons and the pressure to process it properly. It stops and you

I've never been a big fan of circuses, and I'm not even sure I've been to a Ringling Bros. circus (I've attended only two, and the one I attended as an adult was not Ringling), but I find this mildly sad, though

A moment's reflection on the current presidency would tell you there would be no such thing as "the Trump Effect." President Obama is always gracious, bordering on gentle, in his words, but his supporters hardly imitated him, as they turned increasingly rude and violent against their

Not much this morning. Too many gin and tonics last night, then I spilled my recovery drink on the carpet and had to clean it up. For now, I'll merely repeat something I pointed out earlier: Spend the extra money to get high quality tonic water for your

This essay reminds me of Nassim Taleb's observation that, in today's world, the more you read, the less you know: > From the archives: Even when it's not fake, “the News” has an insidious effect on us. https://t.co/P90cY9lRUe > — First Things

Miscellaneous Rambling I spent a chunk of last Sunday afternoon, inventorying my greens seeds while listening to Gavin McInnes videos. Man, he's good. Foul-mouthed, but good. I highly recommend his list of videos at The Rebel [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2HWRRSziC_EC78epg_wUCtI2ijN2yC-K]. Look, by the

More Miscellaneous Rambling Alright, the worst part of January is over. The days are getting noticeably longer. We have a long way to go, but hang in there. I'm upbeat enough that I bought 6-mil polyfilm to drape over my coldframes. Supposedly, a double layer of film greatly

Miscellaneous Rambling So what was the point of Sunday's post? Precisely this: Twain was no racist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain#Civil_rights], but he put borderline-gibberish words like that into a black man's mouth for artistic effect. If you think we could do

Mark Twain: racist. The Golden Arm Once 'pon a time dey wuz a monsus mean man, en he live 'way out in de prairie all 'lone by hisself, 'cep'n he had a wife. En bimeby she died, en he tuck en toted her way