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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Some Notes Regarding the Conservatism of Walker Percy

How would a cat react if deprived of sleep? How does a car perform when deprived of oil? What happens to babies if no one holds them? I don't know how the cat would react, but I bet it would grow highly irritable and eventually violent. The car,

Meyers

Harper Lee announced today that she will release a sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird,” which was published in 1960. Apparently she releases a new book every time the measles comes back. I think the sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird” might be a little gimmicky though, because

GKC Wednesday

Chesterton Short(s) When Max Beerbohm took over for Shaw as the drama critic for the English Saturday Review, Shaw introduced him with the following, "The younger generation is knocking at the door, and as I open it there steps sprightly in the incomparable Max." "The incomparable

Tuesday

A few recent favorite tweets: > Your Concentration Training Program: 11 Exercises That Will Strengthen Your Attention (http://t.co/bQ5UPV2xmY) > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) February 1, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/561708314028175360] > Want To Hinder Hair Loss? Nine Natural Remedies. http://t.co/SoOFb7GtOI > — The

Monday

Miscellaneous Rambling More Obamacare troubles [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/us/politics/white-house-seeks-to-limit-health-laws-tax-troubles.html?_r=0] . Marie got us registered for Obamacare again this year. Unbelievably difficult and the system is riddled with incompetence. I've actually concluded that

Sunday

I think this writer at Forbes is right: "[B]ecause busyness has become a status symbol–a sign that you are in demand and thus important–it's easy to default to the word “busy” to describe your life. When we tell people that we are busy, in

Great, Just Freakin' Great

The "Catholic" Pelosi: > Today in 2014: Nancy Pelosi Receives Planned Parenthood's Top Margaret Sanger Award http://t.co/Y7Vfnsc7tW pic.twitter.com/4ZZbeC2DO0 [http://t.co/4ZZbeC2DO0] > — LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) February 1, 2015 [https://twitter.com/LifeNewsHQ/status/561705535922536448]

Saturday

Triggered Memory You ever hear something that triggers a memory from early childhood? That happened to me this morning while reading "Why I Hate the Super Bowl [http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/01/why_i_hate_the_super_bowl.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter] ."

Friday

BYCU Kinda interesting: Hops-growing workshop for Ohio growers [http://oardc.osu.edu/7388/Hops-Production-Workshop-is-Feb-13.htm]. I've wondered about the economics of hops growing. It looks pretty good: "Ohio State researchers estimate that within the first year growers can expect dry hops

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Wikipedia founder, Hayek dude [http://i.imgur.com/T7yMjo3.jpg].