Eric Scheske

Miscellaneous Rambling I loathe ESPN. I went out to dinner with my Mom and two of my kids Friday night. We went to a local "sports bar-type" restaurant that had televisions posted all over the place with the sound off. The main TV was playing ESPN2, which was

H.I.F. I dislike online comments sections. They are pits of slime and nasty bile, not to mention of typos, misspellings, and, in general, a level of sub-illiteracy that almost makes you wish people had to pass a grammar test in order to get a license to drive the

H.I.F. Something you don't hear much about: "Though famous for their ultramasculinity, gangsters were nonetheless instrumental in fostering and protecting the gay subculture during the hostile years of World War II and the 1950s."

Well, another day in pink land coming up. It's breasteses month. Friday night, our local high school varsity football team wore pink socks, which the school provided. It's frustrating ("Hey, let's follow the crowd and do what the NFL is doing!"), but

H.I.F. Kimmel The government shutdown officially ended. Should we be happy the government is back? I feel like my sister got back together with an abusive boyfriend or something. Anthony Wiener is back in the news. He said an interesting thing. He said if the Internet didn'

The Gay Press I realize this next comment isn't insightful ("Hey, Scheske, that's never stopped you before!"), but here goes: The gay press is absolutely relentless. I mean "press" in two senses: pressure and media. On Thursday, my son felt compelled to

From the 2014 Old Farmer's Almanac: "[V]ertical farms in abandoned factories, with vegetables grown on small rafts floating on water, nourished by waste produced by fish (aka aquaponics)" are gaining in popularity.

H.I.F. BYCU Addendum. Breaking news in the booze world: > More than $25,000 worth of one of the rarest and most sought-after bourbon's produced in Kentucky is missing in what investigators believe was an inside job. > About 65 cases of 20-year-old Pappy Van Winkle

H.I.F. Billion dollar fines and settlements are increasing on Wall Street, Forbes trumpets [http://www.forbes.com/sites/halahtouryalai/2013/10/17/billion-dollar-settlements-are-the-new-black-on-wall-street/] . I think stories like these are supposed to give the impression that Washington and Wall Street aren't in bed with one another, but