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Eric Scheske

Saturday

Letters to Children There are many places you can read about the real purpose of money, but I enjoyed the insight offered by a group of writers from the 1920s and 1930s known as the Agrarians, a group of writers and poets from Vanderbilt who criticized American culture. I can&

Friday

BYCU I love stories like these: Beer gardens fare well: Alcohol sales an 'awesome' addition to state fair [http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/08/05/beer-gardens-fare-well.html] . It's the same old story: A traditionally-dry venue decides to allow a moderate amount of alcohol

Thursday

Bullets I golf once a year. Today is it. It's the 32nd annual Scheske Open, so just a handful of things. * * * * * * * Theodore Dalrymple draws a stark analogy between the fall of the Roman Empire and the late Empire's love for games and the ongoing fall of

Wednesday

I finally broke down and bought a cold frame. I'd been looking for cheap substitutes for two years, but nothing ever worked. I considered a Juwel brand cold frame, but they're ridiculously expensive ($130). I then found this Genesis cold frame model for $86, plus $20

Tuesday

I've never been a big Second Amendment guy. I'm inclined to think Americans have a right to own a gun, and I own some guns myself, but overall, the "guns and dogs crowd" leaves me cold (my quiet disdain started when I was 26

Monday

Miscellany I've been pulling up sod like a mad man lately. It's great exercise, it expands my garden, it reduces mowing time, and I can listen to podcasts while I do it. * * * * * * * I've long enjoyed Marcus Grodi's The Journey Home [http://www.

Something for Sunday Morning

"Let us always meet each other with a smile . . . for a smile is the beginning of love." Mother Teresa

Saturday

Well, I'll be danged. This is good news. Y'all remember Gerard Casey? If not, then you're not memorizing the names I've mentioned in TDE over the past three years. I blogged about Casey here [https://thedailyeudemon.com/13359/]. I've only

BYCU

“I've been here when it was glory hole days and when it wasn't. I want me some glory hole!” That's apparently Jerry Jones, the owner of the Cowboys. He's an oil man, so he was probably referring to an oil find, but

Thursday

Letters to Children: Doing Nothing In Against Heresies, St. Irenaeus wrote: “In the beginning God created Adam, not because he needed man, but because he wanted to have someone on whom to bestow his blessings.” This is not a unique idea–it may have been in Irenaeus' time, since