Eric Scheske

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,

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

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

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

The whole idea of a "hate" crime is stupid, but why the hesitancy among non-normal people to acknowledge that the Facebook Four engaged in one? > What would have happened if four white kids from Donald Trump's native Queens had reacted to Barack Obama'

Brews You Can Use Since switching to hard liquor, hangovers aren't much of a problem for me. Sometimes the juniper in gin gets me, and once in awhile, rum throws a wicked hook. But mostly, I'm fairly hangover-free. But there was a time . . . whoa, there

Miscellaneous Rambling The urban farm is moving along nicely. I'm still stymied in my effort to buy a simple, vacant lot, but I have my first batch of indoor crops started and am making progress on expanding my indoor grow operation. I plan to grow a lot of