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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Thursday

Thursday Miscellany Seen at Zero Hedge: "The price of a Big Mac is in Zurich is now so high (at $17.19) that a minimum wage employee in Minneapolis, Minnesota, would have to work for nearly 4-hours in order to afford it. This is what stability looks like

Wednesday

Creative Destruction Someone on Facebook started one of those, "You know you're from _______ when" sites. I joined the group for my hometown and started reading the various memories. One really struck me: > When I started carrying mail in 1966 there must have been a dozen

Monday

The picture is courtesy of The Onion. It was the best picture from my weekend surfing. China Gloating The official Chinese news agency is gloating over the AA+. I can't say I blame them, but they're the goats: they're holding most of the debt.

Something for Sunday Morning

“Wonder is the desire for knowledge.” St. Thomas Aquinas

AA+

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/sandp-considering-first-downgrade-of-us-credit-rating/2011/08/05/gIQAqKeIxI_print.html AA+ is still higher than any other borrower would get under similar circumstances. -- Mobile post

Friday

BYCU Wasn't Cornwall the earliest country to succumb to England? I think it succumbed so long ago, people forget that it once existed independently. That's my understanding anyway. I guess it's a fairly poor region of the UK, kinda like Scotland without the drunks

Thursday

Drinking Corner It's every wine snobs worst nightmare: box wines are gaining credibility. According to this article (Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/dining/reviews/boxed-wines-review.html?_r=1] ), it was merely a matter of time. Boxed wines have all sorts of advantages, including

Wednesday

Hit 'em When They're Vulnerable A man goes into St. John and Bernard Parish to pray. A guy walks in, puts a gun to his back, and demands his money. The robber got away with $55. It happened at 2:00 in the afternoon. Link [http://articles.

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Someone forgot to tell Taki not to talk ill of the dead. He has choice (possibly deserved) words for Lucian Freud . . . more>> [http://takimag.com/article/freud_slips_into_the_void#axzz1Tp35mKD9] The Buggles to Jersey Shore: MTV turns 30 . . . more>>

Monday

Movie Review I took the three older boys to see Captain America. The collective critics give it a C+ (Yahoo average). Of the three major rankings (Yahoo, Rotten Tomatoes, and IMDB), I trust Yahoo the most. Rotten Tomatoes is probably the best site, but I haven't gotten used