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Eric Scheske

Humorous

H.I.F. The Anglican Church will not be denied: It will lead mainstream Christianity to the pits of the absolute absurd: Church of England Lady Bishop Advocates Nudism [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/standingonmyhead/2015/11/church-of-england-lady-bishop-advocates-nudism.html] .

Saturday

From Bill Kauffman's Poetry Night at the Ballpark and Other Scenes from an Alternative America: "Joseph Smith ran for president in 1844, at least until a mob killed him in Illinois. He was thus the first U.S. presidential candidate to be assassinated. (Those in the best

Humorous

H.I.F. Seen at a Reddit thread. Funny stuff, and even though I think the Western policies since the fall of the Ottoman Empire have contributed to this problem, the attempt of the multiculturalists to absolve Islam is ridiculous . . . as outlined in this clever piece. The Jihadists are tired

Thursday

“Thanksgiving Day originated in New England when the Puritans realized they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors, the Indians.” Mark Twain “Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.” Samuel Johnson “Beggar that I

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!”