Eric Scheske

Hopelessly behind in life and office, so no time for blogging today. Just this quip to keep in mind as you try to live Escriva's injunction to make life more pleasant for others while drinking with them this weekend: “Never make people laugh. If you would succeed in

One of those passages worth pondering: "One of the troubles with love is that it gets buried in the debris of life." Dorothy Day

Miscellaneous Rambling Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity by Nabeel Qureshi. He was interviewed by Al Kresta on Monday. I learned a fair amount. Among other things, he believes jihad is here to stay. He also said some first-century Jews understood the godhead as a plurality . . . like

My favorite Evelyn Waugh quote. If memory serves, he was explaining how he could be both a devout Catholic and such an unpleasant individual: > “Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human being.” - Evelyn Waugh > My latest at Aleteia.#evelynwaugh [https://twitter.com/hashtag/evelynwaugh?src=

Miscellaneous Rambling The vegetable gardening dopamine find of the year: potato harvesting. This is the first year that I've grown potatoes, and I've just started "digging my hills." Well, I am digging 'em: shovel out dirt, kneel down, look for potatoes. When you

> Waiter tipped $500 for act of kindness https://t.co/mmyGsOPY0K pic.twitter.com/VACbq7JOA1 [https://t.co/VACbq7JOA1] > — WESH 2 News (@WESH) August 20, 2016 [https://twitter.com/WESH/status/766953185370046465]

> "I know for a fact Ryan Lochte got robbed, my girlfriend was there and saw the whole thing."- Manti Te'o pic.twitter.com/PtEJZcGmhQ [https://t.co/PtEJZcGmhQ] > — Fake SportsCenter (@FakeSportsCentr) August 18, 2016 [https://twitter.com/FakeSportsCentr/status/766350960083996673]

> The amazing backdrop scenery to the vineyards of Mendoza in Argentina! #wine [https://twitter.com/hashtag/wine?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/CMXhOyFAWf [https://t.co/CMXhOyFAWf] > — The Wine Wankers (@winewankers) August 18, 2016 [https://twitter.com/winewankers/status/766424050197377024]