Eric Scheske

While exploring Bradley Birzer's works earlier this week, I came across this essay of his about foul language [http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2015/10/foul-language-decorum-and-the-soul.html] . It's worth reading: > One of America's most insightful cultural critics, Tom Wolfe,

I cancelled by audible.com membership last Sunday, then saw this passage from an essay by Bradley Birzer: "[B]ecoming enthralled with audible.com and the joy of being read to, my “reading”–a mix of real reading as well as listening to books–has at least doubled and

Two Twitterable paradoxes (found from that manuscript I referenced yesterday): "Reality is simultaneously knowable and unfathomable." Josef Pieper "The medical establishment has become a major threat to health." Ivan Illich I then remembered this piece at "Catholic Exchange" [http://catholicexchange.com/tsunami-theologians-and-

Miscellaneous Rambling All Souls Day. You got out of a day of obligation this year. Why not "make it up" this morning (if your boss allows it)? * * * * * * * Two of my favorite holy days of the year, incidentally. * * * * * * * Brutal weekend. High school football playoffs nearly 90 minutes away Friday

Happy All Saints Day. A festivus for the rest of us, you might say . . . at least those of us that were saints but not officially recognized.

> Was the last 'witch' of Boston actually a Catholic martyr? https://t.co/Mf9LbHcluc #Halloween [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halloween?src=hash] #faith [https://twitter.com/hashtag/faith?src=hash] > — Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) October 31, 2015 [https://twitter.com/cnalive/status/660501570321166337]

In more Apple news, a new poll shows that the Apple Watch is struggling to gain popularity, and experts are calling the watch the worst device Apple has ever made. At least until the debut of the upcoming Apple Fax.

China announced it is going to start allowing couples to have more than one child. Which means nine months from now, Apple's work force in China will double. For Halloween, Google Maps has created a Street View tour of the world's scariest locations. The scariest locations

A TDE reader sent me this classic. It brought back some nostalgia and even a hankering for a Stroh's, even though I haven't touched that stuff in thirty years:

BYCU For about a decade, Founders Brewing Company's Breakfast Stout label has depicted a Norman Rockwell-esque drawing of a baby eating a bowl of oatmeal. Unfortunately, the Michigan Liquor Control Commission administrative rules prohibit alcohol containers to “depict or make reference in any manner to minors.” The