Eric Scheske

Brews You Can Use: Bullets ***That mojito I drank last Friday night during the opening ceremonies was killer: freshly-squeezed lime juice, simple syrup, muddled mint leaves (plucked fresh from my garden) white rum, and club soda. I really, really liked it. ***Last night, I tried the lazy man's

Miscellaneous Rambling The cultural bludgeoning continues, the likes of which haven't been seen since early 1930s Germany: 25 LGBT groups send letter to Big 12 urging it to shun BYU [http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/25-lgbt-groups-send-letter-to-big-12-urging-it-to-shun-byu-080816] . Whatta wild swing of the pendulum it's been. If

I gotta read more St. John of the Cross. Marie grabbed Carmelite Studies: John of the Cross for $1.00 at that garage sale. I picked it up random yesterday evening, opened to page 50, and read this: "But this 'Little Seneca, as St. Teresa used to refer

Miscellaneous Rambling Found at a garage sale for $2: The Psychology of the Saints by Henri Joli. Not found: Any meaningful information about the book. I'm guessing it's a classic, but there's a dearth of web discussion out there. If you know anything about

Miscellaneous Rambling: Olympics We're enjoying the Olympics so far. The Roku helps a lot. I get to see a lot of sports that NBC doesn't show on the network (which might be why their ratings are so bad this year [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-olympic-competition-opens-917873]

I watched the opening ceremonies last night. I greatly enjoyed it. Of course, that could've been the eight shots of rum mixed in the form of a MOJITO, but regardless, it was good. I hate to admit it, but I had rum-fueled tears when Greece marched in first.

BYCU The Kalamazoo Gazette ranked its top ten new breweries in Michigan [http://www.mlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2016/08/michigans_best_new_brewery_our_2.html#30] . Pretty interesting list that illustrates the booming phenom that is craft beer. Number one hails from Frankenmuth, Michigan, which long-time TDE

Miscellaneous Rambling Gavin McInnes on Dinesh D'Souza on Hillary [http://takimag.com/article/dinesh_dsouzas_america_gavin_mcinnes#axzz4GJhp1mIW]. Good stuff. [http://takimag.com/article/dinesh_dsouzas_america_gavin_mcinnes#axzz4GJhp1mIW] Not a bad little piece, if you're into Farmer's Almanac stuff: 28 Pieces

If you haven't jumped on the Fr. Robert Spitzer bus yet, ya better get on it. He has written what might be the most important apologetics work of the new millennium: > "[G]iven the incredible fine-tuning that must have been present at the Big Bang (the