Eric Scheske

Paris The Paris horror [http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/11/paris-attack/415953/?utm_source=SFTwitter] . I'm just shaking my head. Western imperial policies over the past 100 years and a religion rife with violence have combined to create a terrible, terrible situation. Part of me

BYCU Booze lists often leave me cold. Even though I like lists and like booze, it seems many of the lists are, well, "contrived." I'm not sure that's the correct word, but almost like the authors are just reaching for script to fill their

I enjoy works that impart broader truths in the context of a narrower subject. A great example from Kingsley Amis' Everyday Drinking: > Never despise a drink because it is easy to make and/or uses commercial mixes. Unquestioning devotion to authenticity is, in any department of life, a

One of the more interesting pieces I've seen lately [https://mises.org/library/activists-seek-impoverish-thai-villagers-save-monkeys-slavery] , though the prose is pretty rough. I didn't even know the protest idiots had been targeting monkey labor practices. This article discusses it, as well

Are sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll taking their toll? Steve Sailer thinks it's possible, as he analyzes the increasing death rates among the baby boom generation [http://www.unz.com/isteve/is-there-a-generational-explanation-for-rising-white-death-rates/] . Excerpt: > I think there is

Miscellaneous Rambling One little cross I stumble with every time: logistics. Or what some people call a "cluster" (which also has a more colorful variation related to copulation). Marie thrives on the cluster like some people thrive on their favorite hobby. Saturday was Marie's day to

So Michigan State finally loses. This is not a very good team. I think Dantonio has done a great job with this program, but this year's team could just as easily be 4-5 right now as 8-1. I've always kinda like Dantonio, but a

> Office of Civil Rights says disguised boy has right to shower with girls https://t.co/VTTomA74rU > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) November 4, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/661877310921048068]

BYCU Michigan's microbrewery posterboy is Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Every microbrewery in Michigan wants to become the next Bell's. It makes one of the best wheat beers of all time, Oberon, and many of its other beer names, like Hopslam and Two-Hearted

I met my adorable wife 29 years ago tonight. At a bar in Ann Arbor. I think I'll revisit the romance tonight and have a few drinks. I might even take her with me (chuckle).