Eric Scheske

> A man knows when he has found his vocation when he stops thinking about how to live & begins to live. -Thomas Merton pic.twitter.com/gmH1Lwgq5B [https://t.co/gmH1Lwgq5B] > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) January 6, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/status/684600080007958529]

H.I.F: Interesting Warning: I think hell has frozen over. A politician in Europe has finally stated the obvious truth: > Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico formally stood up to the Brussels supergovernment juggernaut and said his government will not allow Muslims to create "a compact community,"

I implied a bit ago that Dalrymple seemed to have lost some zing on his essays, but he appears to be back on track. He penned this excellent piece [http://takimag.com/article/the_will_to_outrage_theodore_dalrymple/print#axzz3uiv8Uh9S] a few weeks ago, then followed it up with

"[A new study out of Stanford] found that productivity per hour declines sharply when the workweek exceeds 50 hours, and it drops off so much after 55 hours that there's no point in working any more. That's right, people who work as much as 70

I got quite a few good presents this year. My eldest son, Alex, bought me the reputedly best gin in the world (more on that in a later BYCU) and my other kids got me a bunch of stuff to help with my hobbies (gardening and cocktailing). But one of