Eric Scheske

Chesterton Short(s) It sounds like the 2016 G.K. Chesterton Conference [http://www.chesterton.org/35th-annual-chesterton-conference/] is going to be a humdinger. It's being held at Slippery Rock University, which is about 4.5 hours from me. I'm tempted to register, but I'm

More Miscellaneous Rambling I wear a pedometer. On Saturday, I gardened almost the entire day, taking brief walking breaks. By 6:00 (start of evening Mass), I had logged in 18,000 steps. I'm hoping the constant activity, punctuated with days of outright exercise, will allow me to

Miscellaneous Rambling Wow, what glorious weather. It actually got too hot for my taste, but I'll take it. I'm focusing on greens this year more than ever. Planted over the last six weeks: six types of lettuce, three types of spinach, endive, chicory, green mustard wave,

As part of our trip to Las Vegas, we hit three parks: Fire Valley State Park, the Grand Canyon, and Death Valley. Here's us on the floor of Death Valley, temperature: 100 degrees:

Me at the Grand Canyon, kinda:

Gin season quickly approaches. I'm looking forward to it, though I doubt my vodka consumption will suffer much: > This tasty gin cocktail combines the Last Word and the Gin Fizz: https://t.co/TToBTopqCC pic.twitter.com/LB9KsvBIss [https://t.co/LB9KsvBIss] > — Liquor.com (@Liquor) April

Miscellaneous Rambling A few more Vegas thing. First, O'Hare Airport absolutely sucks [http://www.flychicago.com/ohare/en/home/Pages/default.aspx]. Our flight out to Vegas was delayed five (yes, five) hours. While we were trying to sleep, O'Hare decided, of all the gates in

Here are videos taken with my phone, with the corresponding degree of professionalism.

Things to Do There's one reason to go to Vegas: The huge array of things to do. There's no good way for me to explain it in general, so I'm just going to list the things we did and offer commentary. The casino hotels-resorts.

First, The Caveat Marie and I have long wanted to to to Las Vegas. We're not big gamblers, and I hope we're not big decadents, but it has become a big city with huge cultural significance. Like Chicago that went from nothing to huge in the