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Eric Scheske

Thursday

I've never been this busy at the office. There was an evening about three years ago, when I actually slept at the office, but that was basically a 72-hour rush. This bout has been going full bore since last Monday and it ain't letting up. So,

Wednesday

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 file full

Funny Fallon

"A new survey found that “Sophia” and “Aiden” were the most popular baby names this year. The least popular baby name was Kim Jong Sandusky."

Tuesday

Random Joseph Epstein Quotes "In my youth one could go into a drugstore and confidently ask for a package of Luckies and nervously whisper one's request for condoms; now things are precisely reversed." In a Cardboard Belt! "The first condition of humor is its un-universality.

Monday

Miscellany You ever tried rutabaga? I never had, until a TDE reader sent me some seeds to plant. I figured, "What the heck?" I planted them last August, then harvested a huge rutabaga a few weeks ago. Man, it might be the best-tasting vegetable I've ever

Something for Sunday Morning

"Advent is concerned with that very connection between memory and hope which is so necessary to man. Advent's intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became a child. This is a healing memory; it

Saturday

Recommended Podcast Every so often, I consider giving up TDE. It's been going for ten years now and things in my life have changed. I started the blog because I was an active writer (over 100 articles in two dozen different publications) and it had become the norm

Friday

Drunken Waiting Advent starts in two days or, depending on your Semitic predilections, tomorrow evening. Advent is a season of peaceful waiting, meditation, penance . . . and drinking. As every traditionalist Christian realizes, our culture has kicked the holiness of Advent in the teeth by creating one large holiday season from Thanksgiving

Thursday

Bullets I saw Skyfall. I liked it, but it wasn't great. I don't know why the reviewers (and, apparently, general public) are fawning over it. Wait for the DVD. * * * * * * * Speaking of which: I've heard a few digs at Roger Moore, implying that he was

Wednesday

That's a picture from Turin, Italy. I stumbled across it at Elizabeth Scalia's Facebook page. I felt compelled to pass it along. * * * * * * * Antifragile arrived on my iPad this morning. I'm ten pages into it. Very good so far; just 500+ pages to go. * * * * * * * Don