Eric Scheske

More Miscellaneous Rambling It's the feast day of St. Theophanes the Branded. And man, his death is as grueling as his name implies. Geesh [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophanes_the_Branded]. Tommorow, incidentally, the Eastern Orthodox honor St. Symeon the New Theologian. Though not a saint in

Miscellaneous Rambling Here's an intelligent no-holds-barred perspective not to be missed [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/97513.htm]. It's by a Russian Orthodox priest, and I first found it at Rod Dreher's post, The Whip of God [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/

Yup, it was a lewd conversation, not remotely acceptable . . . and not remotely surprising. But Trump supporter and social conservative Tony Perks said it best, "My personal support for Donald Trump has never been based upon shared values.” > Christians desperately clinging to Trump not a sign of lack of

"Ruth's Chris Steak House in Ann Arbor started a promotion last week giving Michigan fans a percentage off their total food bill equal to the final winning point differential." Link [http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2016/10/09/michigan-football-rutgers-

> There's a reason Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully kept mentioning God during his farewell tour – GetReligion https://t.co/wyilCy82dL > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) October 8, 2016 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/784704463277875200]

BYCU: Bullets **Rough night last night. I was home with my two youngest, waiting for Marie to bring Jack home from college. I decided to experiment with new vodka concoctions. They all sucked. I first tried vodka, blue curacao, and 7-Up (a poor man's Electric Lemonade). It

> Autumn Ocean pic.twitter.com/6SRY4EryvP [https://t.co/6SRY4EryvP] > — Ellen Fraher (@ellenfraher) October 6, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ellenfraher/status/784157824783937540]

“There are two things you should know about the poor: they tend to smell, and they are ungrateful.” I remembered those words by Dorothy Day as I walked through my community garden plot yesterday, discovering that some dirt bag had stolen half of my winter squash: my non-gmo, organically-

Sir Gavin unleashes the Pen of Truth yet again: "Now, obviously we're angry at the Muslims responsible. Dahir Adan was the Somalian who did the stabbings in Minnesota, while Afghan Ahmad Khan Rahami appears to be responsible for the ten bombs surrounding NYC. They were both immigrants

More Miscellaneous Rambling St. Francis' feast day today. One of my favorite anecdotes: St. Francis journeyed to Egypt in the middle of the Fifth Crusade and walked into Saracen territory to convert the “Soldan of Babylon” (the Muslim ruler of Egypt and the Holy Land), even though the Soldan