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Eric Scheske

Tuesday

A few great quotes that I ran across on Twitter last week: > "You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all." - St. Therese of Lisieux > — Taylor Marshall (@TaylorRMarshall) November 21, 2014 [https://twitter.com/TaylorRMarshall/status/535902508661866497]

Monday

On Bullying "A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it." That easily ranks in my top ten of GKC quotes. It's from Part Two of The Everlasting Man (yet another GKC book that I want to read

Interesting

H.I.F. Ten books for fallen-away Catholics [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/pursuedbytruth/2014/11/top-ten-books-for-fallen-away-catholics.html] . I was expecting Surprised by Truth and the like. Instead, I got Dostoyevsky and Graham Greene. I'm not sure I agree with the author's view that these books

Saturday

The more I'm around people, the more I'm convinced that a rambling style is the sign of an immature, under-developed, and/or un-disciplined mind. The rule applies to written or oral communication. > I have made this letter long because i have not the time to

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> The CDC defines a "heavy drinker" as a man who drinks 2 drinks a day or a woman who drinks 1. That's the level of intellect taking on Ebola. > — Modern_Drunkard (@Modern_Drunkard) October 7, 2014 [https://twitter.com/Modern_Drunkard/status/519278774810996736]

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> Binge drinking...didn't exist in the '50s! #advertising [https://twitter.com/hashtag/advertising?src=hash] #beer [https://twitter.com/hashtag/beer?src=hash] #GoodOldDays [https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoodOldDays?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/hdqFInaSBR [http://t.co/hdqFInaSBR] > — Drunken History (@DrunkenHistory) November 20, 2014

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> Where do teetotalers come from? Modern Drunkard Magazine http://t.co/lR3GaY0yn8 > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) November 16, 2014 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/534008493397647362]

Friday

Brews You Can Use Okay, this is frustrating: Only A Fraction Of The Population Has The Genotype That Makes Moderate Alcohol Consumption Heart Healthy [http://www.inquisitr.com/1612099/only-a-fraction-of-the-population-has-the-genotype-that-makes-moderate-alcohol-consumption-heart-healthy/] . According to the story, a new study has shown that moderate alcohol consumption improves the health of only 15% of

Ferguson

Today is also the holiday known as National Day of Monaco. Monaco is independent, but they're defended by France. In other words, they're on their own.

Letterman

If you're looking to get the Mansons a gift, they're registered at Bloodbath & Beyond.