Thursday
Late meeting last night. Today, just a few fall pictures from my neighborhood.
Eric Scheske
Wednesday
Drinking Corner
Everyone is getting into the craft beer business. A client recently sent me
this
link to The Abbey Beverage Company
[http://www.christdesert.org/Abbey_Beverage_Company/index.html]. The Benedictine
monks of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert (New Mexico) control 84 % of the
Abbey Beverage
Tuesday
The Philosophical Life
A rambling little piece
Alex is a Freshman at the University of Michigan. He's taking "Introduction to
Philosophy," and he's really digging it.
I guess he went in with one advantage: a father who encouraged him to take the
subject seriously,
Monday
Language Poverty
The cold weather is coming back. That means it's time to beat the "fuel poverty"
drum. According to the mainstream press, a person lives in fuel poverty if he
must spend 10 per cent of his annual income to keep his home acceptably warm.
Something for Sunday Morning
"A youth who is gentle bears many things;
but a small-souled old man, who will be able to stand him?"
Evagrius
The Mind's Long Journey to the Holy Trinity: The Ad Monachos of Evagrius
Ponticus
[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814622089/ref=as_li_
Thursday
Bullets
Nothing satisfies MADD! Drunk needs ride to store. Enlists nine-year-old
daughter's assistance. Police not happy. Link
[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/nine_year_store_michigan_girl_pulled_EZiNI1KSibOZ5TfgKsDZwN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=]
. * * * * * * * Best line from yesterday's reading: "Government can
Wednesday
Colors
When I grew up, I thought the old world (pre-I Love Lucy) was black and white. I
knew, of course, that there was color before The Wizard of Oz, but when I
thought about how things must've been like, my mind intuitively fell into shades
of
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