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Eric Scheske

Tuesday

Received in an Email Last year after the Packers/Bills game, Buffalo released quarterback Trent Edwards. During the Packers/Eagles game, the Packers injured Philadelphia quarterback Kevin Kolb. Philadelphia then had to play backup quarterback Michael Vick. During a playoff game against the Eagles, the Packers injured Michael Vick and

Monday

Throw Down the Gloves I admit it: I have a little blood lust in me. I never realized until I was reading St. Augustine's Confessions, about his trip to a gladiator show: As soon as he saw the blood, he drank in with it a savage temper, and

Something for Sunday Morning

"How can we say that the Church wishes to bring us back into the Dark Ages? The Church was the only thing that ever brought us out of them." G.K. Chesterton

Friday

Wines that Rock Seen earlier this week: "Joining The Rolling Stones 'Forty Licks Merlot,' 'Woodstock Chardonnay,' The Police's 'Synchronicity Red Blend' and Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon Cabernet Sauvignon,' the Grateful Dead's

Thursday

Bite the (Area North of the) Big Apple, Don't Mind the Maggots Back in the late 1980s/early 1990s, Hope College [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_College], a small liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, associated with the Dutch Reformists, had an Hispanic problem. I don'

Wednesday

Received in an Email You need a reason to drink? From one of the e-newsletters I subscribe to: > Signs of decay abound... > * Prosecutors in Shawnee County, Kan. – home to the state capital Topeka – say they'll no longer pursue misdemeanor cases. As a result, 30 domestic

Tuesday

This seems consistent with massive money printing: The extra money flows to the favored segments (Wall Street and its connections) but not to main street. Meanwhile, the extra money results in climbing prices. All the while, the government says it's a result of the Japanese earthquake, drought, and

Monday

The Land of Arnold I previously used my weekends for philosophy and theology. Now I use them to catch up on the previous week's contemporary reading, on those essays that I should have read when they first appeared but simply couldn't get to because of the

Something for Sunday Morning

"The Christian saint is happy because he has verily been cut off from the world; he is separate from things and is staring at them in astonishment." G.K. Chesterton

Thursday

Skid Row Street If you didn't hear, Sesame Street has a new muppet: Lily. Her niche? Poverty. Her "family faces an ongoing struggle with hunger issues." Link [http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/10/04/sesame-street-hunger-muppet-photo/]. The goal is to raise awareness of