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Eric Scheske

Friday

Michigan Beer A TDE reader sent me this great story last week: The Top 50 Brewers in America [http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/media/press-releases/show?title=brewers-association-releases-2010-top-50-breweries-lists] . It's a list of the top-selling craft breweries in America. The

Thursday

Things have been pretty hectic, both around the office and at home, which is unusual. Typically, the holiday week offers a chance to catch up on things and take it easy. Oh well. I'm not complaining. Clients are calling at the office, and I have kids at home

Wednesday

For the past three years, almost all of my sources have pointed to 2012 as the Armageddon Year, but Jim Rogers thinks 2012 is going to be alright. Of course, he thinks it'll be a temporary reprieve, due solely to the fact that 2012 is an election year

Tuesday

Books for Christmas I received a handful of good books for Christmas. Most of the books are intended to further my exploration of the thought and background of Albert Jay Nock, but I also received a book that I requested for the sole reason that it sounds like fun: The

Monday

Whew. The Christmas Hangover. It was a whirlwind four days. Drove to Detroit on Thursday, north of Detroit on Friday, back home late Friday evening. Christmas Eve celebrations, then Christmas morning festivities, followed by a trip to my Mom's in the evening. I always know I had a

Something for Christmas Morning

"He is born poor, and he teaches us that happiness is not to be found in an abundance of earthly goods. He comes into the world without any ostentation, encouraging us to be humble and not to depend on the applause of men." Francis Fernandez

Something for Christmas Eve

"We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice." Pope Paul VI “There were only two classes of men who heard the cry that night: Shepherds and Wise

Friday

Received in an Email Politically-incorrect humor: I was devastated to find out my wife was having an affair but, by turning to religion, I was soon able to come to terms with the whole thing. I converted to Islam, and we're stoning her in the morning. Went

Thursday

Drinking Corner Leinenkugels has a great assortment of beer-related stuff. They even have beer soap [http://shop.leinie.com/browse.cfm/4,3913.html] (but no beer shampoo). I used to drink a lot of Leinenkugels. I loved their Sunset Wheat, mixed with a few ounces of their Berry

Wednesday

Family Guy I've been reading some Nock. Albert Jay Nock, one of the premier American essayists of the early twentieth century and one of the founders of modern conservative/libertarian thought. A weighty man, that Nock. But also a disturbing man. In a 1964 biography, Robert M. Crunden