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Eric Scheske

Thursday

The Kavorka A Dutch woman who called a man 65,000 times in the past year - an average of 178 calls a day - is to face charges of stalking [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14913053]. Kinda reminds me of my high school years. My parents had to

Wednesday

Drinking Corner This a merciful thing: "Some of America's most famous beers have lost a tremendous amount of their national sales over the last five years. Mostly, they are full-calorie beers, and they have lost sales to lower-calorie products, as well as imports and craft beers. 24/

Tuesday

Detroit Poetry I split a couple of bottles of wine with Uncle Verny last night. He lives in Texas, but he grew up in Detroit. In the early 1960s, he worked in a convenience store on Five Mile Road (for those unacquainted with Detroit, everything south of Eight Mile [http:

Monday

Freak Entrepreneur Joseph Epstein's elders told him that only a fool works for somebody else. I think that's a little strong (and Epstein himself worked for Northwestern University), but it always resonated with me. As a business lawyer, I have come to respect the saying even

Something for Sunday Morning

"Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall enjoy everything." St. Francis

Friday

Football game in Battle Creek last night. No time for blogging, but I learned something new this week: The Lake Erie area is prime wine land. I never knew that, but this pleasant blog [http://ohiolakeeriewineries.blogspot.com/] is dedicated to the 40-plus wineries of the Lake Erie Appellation. Excerpt:

Thursday

Friends of the Poor Kinda interesting: Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the wealthiest judge on the Supreme Court. Net worth: might be as high as $45.48 million or as low as $10.7 million. Number Two? Another liberal: Steven Breyer. The folks below $1 million? Conservatives Alito and Thomas, plus

Wednesday

Sorry to Bore You, But . . . So I join a fantasy football league this year. I've been in a league for ten years, but just a family affair. This new one involves people in my community. I wanted to make a good show. It didn't go well.

Tuesday

Crime Down? When unemployment goes up, crime goes up, right? That's the common understanding. But it's not happening this time around. “As the national unemployment rate doubled from around 5 percent to nearly 10 percent, the property-crime rate, far from spiking, fell significantly. For 2009, the

Monday

Happy Labor Day. Consistent with light holiday traffic patterns, I am blogging lightly today. I just have this fascinating piece from Zero Hedge: Wikileaks Discloses The Reason(s) Behind China's Shadow Gold Buying Spree [http://www.zerohedge.com/news/wikileaks-discloses-reasons-behind-chinas-shadow-gold-buying-spree] . Excerpt: > We have a suspicion that the