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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Wednesday

Received in an Email I received a slew of emails this week regarding Chesterton. If you're a GKC fan, you'll find it interesting. For everyone else, you may want to check back on Thursday. First, Chuck Colson gives a favorable review of the Father Brown stories

Tuesday

Received in an Email I guess it's from 2003, but the link is making its email rounds and the Catholic Online published it earlier this year: Treatment of Catholic Church 'Kangaroo Journalism' [http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=36261]. It's by

Monday

New Book Many years ago, I was drawn to Martin Buber [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Buber] and Max Picard [http://www.hermitary.com/bookreviews/picard.html]. Buber, I met in an Alpena, Michigan, bookstore, picking up his I and Thou for fifty cents and reading it on the

Something for Sunday Morning

"That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous." George Gissing

Friday

Useful Beer I've said it many times: Don't drink for the health of it. Drink for the hell of it. But that doesn't mean beer can't be useful. It turns out that beer can be used for more than just drinking and

Blurb Thursday

Badger Beer Man The Badger Catholic articulates some deeply Beer-Manish thoughts: > The problem with the modern man is that he thinks there is a disconnect from drinking and family. Look at the drunks in college now. They never learned what enjoying a beer was when they were growing

Wednesday

Rise of the Zombies In Monsters from the Id, E. Michael Jones advanced an interesting theory: a culture's horror films reflect its sub-conscious. Frankenstein was fear of the unknown energy known as "electricity." Dracula was fear of syphilis. The rise of slasher movies in the

Tuesday

Drinking Corner with Jeeves Triumvirate: Schall writing about a Wodehouse book for which Belloc provided by the introduction [http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/words-from-wodehouse.html]. The Week End Wodehouse. I gotta get this volume. Notable excerpt from Schall's essay: "What struck me on again

Monday

Smashwords Whew. This ebook publishing thing is a real hassle. A friend recommended I try Smashwords. I downloaded their free "how-to" books and re-formatted Beer Man. It took over two hours. I then received an error message, which I think is now fixed, but heck if

Something for Sunday Morning

“Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.” St. John Chrysostom (But the way the stock market is going, this ain't a problem either way. heh heh heh.)