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Eric Scheske

Tuesday

Two Things Whew, things are a whirlwind at the office. Not much today. I just have a few quick things: 1. This piece from the current issue of The Atlantic about John F. Kennedy [http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/jackie-and-the-girls/9000/]. Man, I knew

Monday

The Return Monday I've returned from vacation. Same as every year: Houghton Lake (Michigan's largest inland lake) for a week with Marie, seven kids, and 40 in-laws. It's a pleasant time, and it leaves a ton of time for reading. It's

Something for Sunday Morning

"[Y]our very prayers against the angry feelings that trouble you should be gentle, calm, and without vehemence." St. Francis de Sales

Saturday

Mini-Review Leisure, The Basis of Culture by John Pieper (1948). Choice quote: "[T]here can be unused space in the total world of work." Obsessed with efficiency? I am. At least I used to be. I'm a recovering efficiencoholic. It was bad, so bad that

Funny Fallon

A family in Colorado was reunited with their lost bulldog, after it was found 500 miles away. In response, the bulldog was like, “Jeez, can't these people take a hint?” A new study found that pigeons can actually recognize human faces. So I guess my pigeon friend was

Friday

Mini-Review Studies in Classic American Literature by D. H. Lawrence (1923). Choice quote: “I should think the American admiration of five-minutes tourists has done more to kill the sacredness of old European beauty and aspiration than multitudes of bombs would have done.” Yeah, I know: D. H. Lawrence

Funny Fallon

Over the weekend, a man in Tennessee was kicked out of a Kenny Chesney concert because he looked too much like Kenny Chesney. That actually happens a lot – in fact, my grandma was kicked out of an Aerosmith concert for looking too much like Steven Tyler.

Thursday

Mini-Review Introduction: If you find these reviews bizarre yet orthodox, I have accomplished my goal. If you find them entertaining yet profound, I am humbled. If they brings you a little closer to classic works of the twentieth century, I am gratified. If you forward the review to friends

Wednesday

Mini-Review Introduction: If you find these reviews bizarre yet orthodox, I have accomplished my goal. If you find them entertaining yet profound, I am humbled. If they brings you a little closer to classic works of the twentieth century, I am gratified. If you forward the review to friends

The Evening Eudemon

From the current issue of New York Magazine: In Hell's Kitchen recently, two overweight tourists caused a pedicab to tip over backward. TDE comment: It's a phenomenon slated to increase. A study released this week says that 33% of all Americans are now obese. In Central