Eric Scheske

Similarly, the tough guy facade is a refuge of those suffering from arrested development: > Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. ~ Oscar Wilde http://t.co/UZy50d2aUY > — Zen Moments (@Zen_Moments) February 8, 2015 [https://twitter.com/Zen_Moments/status/564329826874818560]

Autobiographical Corner Something new for me: I woke up and headed to my basement study Sunday morning before my sons' spontaneous friend gathering had broken up. Granted, it was already 4:15 AM, but it was kind of odd to walk downstairs to the sound of contemporary music and

More evidence that I need the lucky astrology mood watch (reference this morning's post). Or that I need to read more Montaigne, who early on questioned our culture's burdgeoning faith in science and reason: > Health Mag Editor Tests Accuracy of Several Fitness Tracking Devices and

Miscellaneous Rambling I almost started this Rambling with this statement, "Why all the horror over Brian Williams' fabrications?" I was then going to recount how Hillary Clinton's equally-mendacious statements about sniper fire in Bosnia and running with her "head down" a few

> Max's biggest domino set up yet. Hope to post toppling video later. pic.twitter.com/lLlFDLbiAn [http://t.co/lLlFDLbiAn] > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) February 8, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/564560110086029312] > Almost Max: http://t.co/f0VbKYL3zn via @YouTube [https://twitter.com/YouTube]

One of the most disturbing things I've heard this year: > From the Land of the Not Free: Blacklisting the Boy Scouts by Mark Pulliam http://t.co/yUKDiAJJtM from @CityJournal [https://twitter.com/CityJournal] > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) February 8, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/

Mencken rarely fails to crack me up, even when I don't agree with him. Here he is, writing about human rights: "A dog is a standing proof that most so-called human rights, at bottom, are worth nothing. A dog is proverbially devoid of any such rights,

And, I might add, the less loudly you need to say it. > The more you know the less you need to say. ~ Jim Rohn http://t.co/jhEFoiSlHl > — Zen Moments (@Zen_Moments) January 31, 2015 [https://twitter.com/Zen_Moments/status/561587775951355907]

Scientists have discovered that a 5,000-year-old mummy is covered with at least 60 tattoos. Scientists are calling him the earliest known member of the NBA.

This is a neat article, but the tavern names are a bit disappointing: > Medieval Tavern Names http://t.co/Vjh1Afr5Tk pic.twitter.com/ToNOzR4kOM [http://t.co/ToNOzR4kOM] > — Medievalists.net (@Medievalists) January 31, 2015 [https://twitter.com/Medievalists/status/561646506747654144] Moderns are coming up with more creative names,