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Eric Scheske

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.

Fallon

In Pope Francis' latest weekly address, he criticized people who use their phones at the dinner table. Which begs the question: Who is on their phone while they eat dinner with the Pope? In a new interview, Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook will be more intelligent than humans in 10

Wednesday

What, you say, I referenced Romano Guardini yesterday but then wrote nothing about him, instead dedicating the day's primary post to Dostoyevsky? What am I, some sort of Serbian Orthodox with an anti-Catholic chip on my shoulder? No, not at all, but yesterday's post had

Tuesday

Hey, Pope Francis and I have something in common: admiration for Dostoyevsky and Guardini [http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/what-pope-francis-has-to-say-about-dostoyevsky-and-guardini-76130/?utm_source=hootsuite] . I went on a major Fyodor kick in my twenties. I read all his major works (except

Monday

Miscellaneous Rambling I received a copy of Merchants in the Temple [http://us.macmillan.com/merchantsinthetemple/gianluiginuzzi], which I've started reading. Expect commentary as I plow through. * * * * * * * TDE readers know I enjoy running good jokes from the late night shows, but man, they've been awful lately.

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> Facebook keeps removing satyrical photo of Mizzou "cribullies". Retweet it. #MizzouHoax [https://twitter.com/hashtag/MizzouHoax?src=hash] #Mizzou [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash] #MissouriProtests [https://twitter.com/hashtag/MissouriProtests?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/5wW6rkIFqN [https://t.co/5wW6rkIFqN] > — James Parisi (@NY_2_

Humorous, Interesting, and Frustrating

H.I.F. How bad was the racism at the University of Missouri? Pretty bad: an incident every 800 days. First the Michael Sam charade then this debacle. Missouri has become a joke. Well, all higher education is a joke, but somehow, Missouri has gotten itself in the idiot vanguard.