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Eric Scheske

BYCU Special Edition

Black Wednesday Far out. Here we are again: Black Wednesday. The hardest part about writing about Black Wednesday from a Catholic perspective is the, um, Catholic part. Let's face it: Black Wednesday is occasionally referred to as "black out Wednesday." It's not exactly a

Tuesday

My final "outdoor" (i.e., "non-coldframe") harvest of the year. I brought it in Thursday evening. Big batches of lettuce, kale, and spinach. It's probably more than we can eat. I took these two pics of some of my coldframe spinach Sunday afternoon,

Monday

Miscellaneous Rambling Whew. Quite the storm on Saturday. That was one of the top 5 weather turns in my lifetime. And now it's supposed to melt away. * * * * * * * Even though I forgot to put the cover on the cold frames Friday night, I got them on Saturday morning after

Kramer

Saw this iconic Rockwell the other day for the 100th time, and the similarity struck me for the first time.

Saturday

H.I.F. I greatly enjoyed the first Zoolander, and I seem to recall that our funniest Catholic writer today, John Zmirak, ranks it among his favorite comedies of all time. This only increases my desire to see part two: > An online petition created by Sarah Rose is urging

Fallon

And I saw that an animal rights group is suing an amusement park in Louisiana for letting a chimpanzee named Candy drink soda and smoke cigarettes. Meanwhile, the chimp was like, “You nerds need to mind your own business!”

The Tom Collins

Having grown a bit tired of tonic water, I've started experimenting with classic mixed drinks. My first target: The Tom Collins. I started with the basic recipe: three shots of gin, one shot of lemon juice concentrate, one shot of simple syrup. Shake well. Fill the Collins glass

Meyers

A 50-year-old Washington man is facing assault charges after his neighbor says he swung a Klingon sword at him during an argument about trash. Man, if there was any time you'd think two neighbors would get along, it's when they both know what a

ConanÂ

RadioShack just announced they will be celebrating Black Friday on Wednesday. Mostly because Radio Shack's worried they won't be around on Friday.

Corden

There is a new Barbie doll called Hello Barbie that is a high-tech interactive version of the toy. The Hello Barbie has more than 8,000 phrases she uses to keep up conversation with you. In order for it to work, you have to speak right into her breasts.