Eric Scheske

A Random Passage Our society needs more outdoor power tools: "The common sense of mankind has associated the search after truth with seclusion and quiet. . . . Pythagoras, the light of Magna Græcia, lived for a time in a cave. Thales, the light of Ionia, lived unmarried and in private,

H.I.F. 10 Lucrative Ideas Sold For Almost Nothing [http://listverse.com/2014/06/13/10-lucrative-ideas-sold-for-almost-nothing/]. Excerpt: "[John] Barry was paid a one-time fee of £250 (approximately $700 USD) for his work [on the James Bond 007 theme song] while

Some jokes tenuously-related to drinking: Two lawyers walk into a bar in the country side, they have decided to stop there for lunch, so without ordering anything they sit down and take out Tupperware boxes from their bags and begin to eat some sandwiches from them. The bartender sees

Some more great passages from the work of Nassim Taleb, along with some TDE commentary: "To understand the liberating effect of asceticism, consider that losing all your fortune is much less painful than losing only half of it." "Work destroys your soul by stealthily invading your brain

In North Carolina, an obese man was caught hiding 40 bags of heroin in the folds of his stomach. Something tells me he is not on heroin.

H.I.F. From Reddit: "TIL in 1965, seeds that were dated to 2,000 years old were discovered in an ancient jar in Israel. The seeds were kept in storage for 40 years and after they were planted, a tree that had been extinct for over 1800 years

Speaking of Detroit (see yesterday's main post), I listened to a podcast on Saturday about building strong towns and urban renewal (go here for podcast [http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/05/charles_marohn.html]). The interviewee is an urban consultant who emphasizes the need for non-macro

Miscellaneous Rambling I spent Friday in Grand Rapids, attending the annual Business Law Institute. It wasn't highly profitable. I learned a few things, but for the most part, the topics were either too basic or too off-beat. They did, however, bring in two attorneys who have been

A Random Passage Why was I wasting time, watching a TV show about the long-running TV show Cops? No good reason, except I'm an American and, to quote George Santayana, “Americans love junk.” He added: “It's not the junk that bothers me, it's

If I weren't on a self-imposed book-buying hiatus, I'd be buying this one in a heart beat: Chesterton's America: A Distributist History of the United States. Mary Kochan reviews it at Catholic Lane [http://catholiclane.com/book-review-chestertons-america/]. Excerpt: >