Sunday
My birthday is coming up. My mom gave me a birthday card early, since she'll be
out of town. I present it here, virtually unmodified, to spite my three brothers
and cause them much envy:
Eric Scheske
The Week of Coincidences
Three of 'Em
I'm declaring this past week the "Week of Coincidences." First, there was the
coincidence I mentioned earlier [https://thedailyeudemon.com/36181/] (regarding the Berry
quote). And then these two:
1. On February 22nd, I blogged about the apparent virtues of essential oils
(Untitled)
The constant innovation that is America, even in the era of the jackboot
socialist-wannabes in Washington:
Happy Birthday
And a BYCU, of sorts:
Happy birthday to Marie. At age ___, she's as attractive as she was when we
first met. That's an exaggeration, but not much of one. Last year, she got
carded at a bar. When I then offered the barmaid my i.d.
Friday
47 pictures with incorrect use of quotation marks
[http://news.distractify.com/avericlements/the-30-most-unnecessary-uses-of-quotation-marks-in-history/]
. The writer's commentary beneath each picture is pretty good, too. Sample:
...Actually, this one is pretty on-point.
Thursday
The Zen of Lisieux
Two passages from John C. h. Wu's The Golden Age of Zen that I ran across last
week:
"Tao is nothing else than the ordinary mind, every ordinary action is an
expression of Tao."
"[O]ne of the central insights of
Wendell
Great Quote
So I took that Wendell Berry book off my shelf earlier this week and read a few
pages. On the third page, I ran across this great passage: "What I'm arguing
against here is not complexity or mystery but dualism. I would like to purge
Wednesday
I stated earlier that I like Zen because it represents the highest attainment of
un-assisted philosophy. It dawned on me later that I should probably explain
myself.
What I mean by this is, Zen has sought the highest truths through naked thinking
and meditation, without the assistance afforded by divine
Tuesday
More Miscellaneous Rambling
Been meaning to post this article for over a week: Wendell Berry, Burkean
[http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/wendell-berry-burkean/]. I need
to try Berry again. I remember reading him over ten years ago, and something
about his writing--the prose? the ideas?--just didn't click with
Monday
Miscellaneous Rambling
Whew, I've nearly survived the basketball season: four kids, four leagues,
including two in high school competition (JV-varsity). It felt like a part-time
job occasionally. Marie and I got back from our last six-hour trip Friday
evening and sighed relief. We have a couple of home