Eric Scheske

BYCU A loyal TDE reader sent this story last week. I should've ran it right away, but the week got away from me: Belgian City Plans to Build an Underground Beer Pipeline [http://www.popularmechanics.com/how-to/blog/this-belgian-city-plans-to-build-an-underground-beer-

A guy purchased Willie Nelson's hair for $37,000. Willie removed his braids and the guy bought them for $37,000. This is the kind of decision you make after spending the day on Willie's tour bus. Letterman Willie's braids were apparently cut back

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a

> Photoset: gameraboy: Domke's Prehistorical Zoo Gardens, Ossineke, Michigan by SwellMap on Flickr. http://t.co/BY4u00A7GF > — Tim Munn (H) (@amish_man) February 1, 2014 [https://twitter.com/amish_man/status/429717193639862272]

> GK Chesterton: St Francis of Assisi "was what American millionaires and gangsters call a live wire.": http://t.co/eV4wT4d2p2 > — Ignatius Insight (@ignatiusinsight) October 5, 2014 [https://twitter.com/ignatiusinsight/status/518608749393481728]

The New York Post says that Oscar Wilde is responsible for Kim Kardashian's rise to fame because he was the first person “famous for being famous.” When asked her thoughts about it, Kim said, “Is Oscar the one that lives in a trash can?”

H.I.F. Humorous: After a two year loan to the United States, Michelangelo's David is being returned to Italy [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2678684/posts] .

A Random Passage "This has always been a dancing country, and never more so than in the Depression, when people trucked their blues away in marathons, or in seedy dance halls." That's Wilfrid Sheed, in his book The House that George Built. I bought the book

If you didn't hear, Fr. Groeschel passed away Friday evening. My apologies for being 36 hours behind the curve on this one. RIP, Fr. Groeschel. I gotta believe you heard the words "good and faithful servant."

> Study: virus spread from the front door of an office to half the employees within 4 hours. http://t.co/VxMO0fdPSc pic.twitter.com/RuFMADnlL2 [http://t.co/RuFMADnlL2] > — Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 5, 2014 [https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/518695475231621120]