Eric Scheske

A Ugandan police officer claims he was forced to shoot an aggressive tortoise that attacked him while he was drinking tea at home. In his defense, he had to act quickly, or move over a few feet and weigh his options for another hour.

Some killer passages from the Kindle edition of The Collected Works of P.G. Wodehouse: "It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them." "He had the

H.I.F. Potential gig for college students: "A Queens man has discovered enough hidden treasure – bits of diamonds, rubies, platinum and gold – on the gritty sidewalks of Midtown's Diamond District to make a living. . . . “The freelance diamond setter explained that he was sifting through 'very

House Speaker John Boehner is threatening to sue President Obama for using executive actions to create laws, instead of going through Congress first. Then Obama shrugged and made a new law that you can't sue the president.

> "It's because artists do not practise, patrons do not patronize, crowds do not assemble to worship reverently the great work of Doing Nothing, that the world has lost its philosophy and even failed to invent a new religion." G.K. Chesterton Here's a

Great TIL over at Reddit right now: "TIL that a Roman merchant who sold fake jewels was sentenced to face a lion in the arena. When the gate finally opened, a chicken walked out. Emperor Gallienus proclaimed 'He practiced deceit and then had it practiced on him.'

Miscellaneous Rambling I hope everyone had a great Fourth. Mine was great: no commitments at all. I had to work a chunk of it, but that's alright. It involved drafting contracts and trusts, which is something, as far as work goes, I greatly enjoy. It combines my formal

A Random Passage "We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.” William Hazlitt. I gotta read more by and about this guy.

I went to this this fine establishment Thursday night. It's Tibbits Opera House [http://tibbits.org/] in Coldwater, Michigan. The little theater is possibly the quaintest thing I've ever seen. The performance I saw, "The Look of Love" (a celebration of the music of

This article [http://www.toledoblade.com/Retail/2014/06/08/Owens-Illinois-says-its-black-glass-bottles-are-becoming-its-new-green.html] articulates something I've been noticing, albeit at a less-than-conscious level: Alcohol manufacturers are increasingly using black bottles. Why? Two reasons: 1. Aesthetics. The black bottle projects a premium image. 2. Black bottles provide just as much