Eric Scheske

I just saw that Joseph Pearce released a new book late last year. I haven't bought it yet, but my hand hovers over the "Buy It Now" button at Amazon. Catholic Literary Giants: A Field Guide to the Catholic Literary Landscape [http://www.amazon.com/gp/

Miscellaneous Rambling I started trying essential oils last fall. I'm slowly becoming a believer. Whenever I use them, good things happen: the inflamed tendon in my ankle feels better after I put peppermint on it, my son's hip that had been bothering him for months stopped

> Icon representing the 21 Coptic Martyrs pic.twitter.com/di4DU7W2mN [http://t.co/di4DU7W2mN] > — Daily Saint Quotes (@DailyStQuotes) February 22, 2015 [https://twitter.com/DailyStQuotes/status/569316001562501120]

> "Loss is not as bad as wanting more." ~ Lao Tzu #tao [https://twitter.com/hashtag/tao?src=hash] > — Zen and Tao (@ZENandTAO) February 21, 2015 [https://twitter.com/ZENandTAO/status/569053219411922947]

Gallup, the polling company, released its annual well-being index where they rank the health and happiness of residents of each of the 50 states. Alaska finished first and Hawaii was No. 2. It's interesting that the top two happiest states are the ones that are farthest away

Little Caesars is about to deliver a bacon-wrapped deep dish pizza. It's a pizza with three and a half feet of bacon wrapped around it. I think we've reached a point as Americans where normal pizza has become too healthy for us. . . We will not

> Who says you can't drink your #dessert [https://twitter.com/hashtag/dessert?src=hash]? http://t.co/aHWAeHdj8R > — Liquor.com (@Liquor) February 9, 2015 [https://twitter.com/Liquor/status/564873148353368064]

In the wake of my bar name post earlier this week, A TDE reader sends along this picture of a bar near the birthplace of Thomas Edison:

The restaurant chain Salad Works has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Analysts attribute the failure to it being a salad restaurant located in America. The USDA has approved the first genetically modified apples that don't turn brown after being sliced open. The no-browning apples are being called

> Pre-topple pic.twitter.com/WaUWbFzZLC [http://t.co/WaUWbFzZLC] > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) February 20, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/568585588724654083]