Eric Scheske

A Random Passage Cardinal Henry Newman, writing about his religious conversion, autobiographically describes the state of mind that led me to agnosticism in virtually all things secular (especially politics and anything I read in the press) except those I see with my own eyes and touch with my own hands:

I've read a fair amount by and about Ronald Knox (including the many passages about him in Joseph Pearce's splendid Literary Converts), but I never knew he was a prankster. From Listverse's recent "10 Outrageous Broadcasts That Caused Mayhem [http://listverse.com/2014/

BYCU And maybe it works in reverse: plug in those brewing benefits now and avoid those medical problems later: "A team of researchers is working out a new way to turn the brewery waste into orthopedic devices, leveraging substances naturally found in spent grain for bone grafts and implants

A couple in New York found a python inside a couch while they were cleaning out their new apartment. But on the bright side, at least now they can stop looking for their cat.

Kontent from the Kindle Amazon Page During random moments when I don't really feel like doing anything, I've started grabbing my Chromebook and going through Amazon Kindle highlights. The Kindle highlights page shows you what other readers have highlighted on their Kindle editions of various books.

While looking up Koestler's chapters on Pythagoras, I ran across this great passage: > The sixth pre-Christian--the miraculous century of Buddha, Confucius, and Lao-tze, of the Ionian philosophers and Pythagoras--was a turning point for the human species. A March breeze seemed to blow across

A new study shows that men who carry their cellphone in their pocket have a sperm count nearly 10 percent lower than those who don't. While men who keep their cellphone on a belt clip don't need to worry about it.

Many years ago, when I wore a younger man's underwear, I bought Arthur Koestler's green three-volume series. I call it the "green" series because, even with the physical books and the Koestler page on Amazon in front of me, I can't

Miscellaneous Rambling Perhaps the most interesting "Today I Learned" at Reddit that I've ever seen: "TIL, in 1981, a man who had been bullying residents of a small Missouri town was murdered in broad daylight when 46 townspeople rose up against him, in an act