Eric Scheske

BYCU "How your favorite drink speaks volumes about your personal politics: The chart that measures voters in terms of vodka, whiskey and wine." Link [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2532467/How-favorite-drink-speaks-volumes-personal-politics.html] . Great article. Trouble is, "findings concluded that

It was Kim Jong Un's best birthday ever. There was a basketball game and his wife got him the new "Torture Me Elmo."

In Hong Kong, the man considered to be the father of the Kung Fu movies has passed away. His last words came after his lips had already stopped moving.

H.I.F. I frequent the Lew Rockwell site because it consistently has interesting takes on various matters, whether it's current events, economics, diet, or pretty much anything else. Today, it has an interesting take on Dennis Rodman. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/01/robert-wenzel/go-

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

H.I.F. I believe this. I'm guessing it's related to a neurological property known as "plasticity" (explored in The Shallows): > "Great novels can change your life...and your brain: Getting lost in a good book can actually change your brain, with

"The postal service is now saying that they are raising the price of a stamp from 46 cents to 49 cents. They would have made it an even 50 but that would have made the line at the post office go too fast."

The writer's duty to himself: Write what you want to write, as well as you can, and then forget it." Albert Jay Nock. Amen to that. Of course, it might be hard to make money off your writing with that approach, but then again, if you'

H.I.F. Six castles that cost less than an apartment in New York Cities. [http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-07/6-castles-cost-less-apartment-nyc]. With great pics and some pretty funny commentary.

Another fascinating excerpt from Thaddeus Russell's Renegade History of the United States. When I read stuff like this, I wonder if any history, much less American history, taught in our schools is truthful: > Perhaps the most famous image of the civil rights movement was created in May