Eric Scheske

Many years ago, I was at the local drinking club, talking with a guy I really enjoyed hanging out with. He mentioned he was 50. I'm pretty sure I felt a chill go down my spine. He didn't look or act 50 at all. I felt

> "I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk." Jack Kerouac (born today 1922) #quotes [https://twitter.com/hashtag/quotes?src=hash] > — Drunken History (@DrunkenHistory) March 12, 2016 [https://twitter.com/DrunkenHistory/status/708705451349827585]

In human years, TDE is probably about 95 years old. I can substantiate that it was started by 2004, but I'm pretty sure I started it in 2002. In any event, I can honestly say that over the course of those 95 cyber years, TDE has only a

Less likely than whom? > A study found that Vodka drinkers are less likely to suffer from a stroke. > — Did You Know? (@engrossingfacts) March 10, 2016 [https://twitter.com/engrossingfacts/status/707981913181396992]

Sure it wasn't just sand from all those commercials? > ICYMI: Corona Recalls Beer Due to Glass Particles Inside Bottles https://t.co/fjwjYtJYFc pic.twitter.com/onWI9IkWOC [https://t.co/onWI9IkWOC] > — Liquor.com (@Liquor) March 10, 2016 [https://twitter.com/Liquor/status/708055858618310656]

"Don't judge a book by its cover" you say? I say, "Short of spending a lot of time reading it, what else are you going to judge it by?" And in Chumlee's case, you could see from the cover that he comes

"Like H.L. Mencken, Gore Vidal, Ernest Hemingway, and other original Americans, Bradbury 'had the advantage,' wrote Russell Kirk, 'of never attending college,' which 'constricts people,' in Bradbury's words." Bill Kauffman, Poetry Night at the Ballpark and Other Scenes from

And Yet More Miscellaneous Rambling Have you ever considered starting a worm farm to produce your own vermicompost but don't want to deal with all the hassles? I think I have a solution: Simply use a self-watering container (one with the indents and holes at the bottom

More Miscellaneous Rambling My over-wintered spinach crop came through splendidly this year. No surprise, of course: I think we've had the mildest winter ever, and it's in one of my permanent cold frames. I took my first crop last week. I pulled my spinach pots

Miscellaneous Rambling Happy spring. Yeah, I know. I'm jumping the gun, but I've optimistic. The ten-day forecast is gorgeous. Of course, these next two months are the bane of weather forecasters, so I shouldn't be so optimistic. As I've complained on