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Eric Scheske

Selections from Lau Tzu's Tao Te Ching

Selections from the Tao Te Ching I read the book earlier this year. I can kinda understand why Catholic convert John Wu began his translation of the Book of John with, "In the beginning was the Tao." Enjoy: Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Are you "flipping hamburgers" or "making magic"? It depends on where you work. At Disney, all the modern day indentured servants ("interns") are making magic. . . . more>> [http://www.guernicamag.com/features/2620/perlin_5_1_11/] South

The Evening Eudemon

The man who Tweeted the attack that captured bin Laden (with Tweets) [http://www.zerohedge.com/article/meet-man-who-live-tweeted-bin-laden-operation-unknowingly] . Kinda interesting.

Monday

Ah, the small pleasures. Better yet, the free pleasures. Especially the free pleasures that help defeat a shortcoming. Here's the situation: I'm reading an article or a book that makes reference to a book that sounds really good. For the past ten years, I've

Something for Sunday Morning

“Without humility, there is no way of conquering anger.” St. John Climacus

Friday

BYCU Man, if I'm ever cool again, I'm going to buy a beverage refrigerator. Two of my neighbors have 'em in their garage, but with seven kids, my garage is devoted to a regular fridge (with top freezer) and an extra freezer. I'm

Wednesday

Making Land "They ain't makin' more of it." I hear that statement at least twice a year, usually when a client is buying real estate. I normally nod in sage agreement. Which has always been an ingenuous thing to do, since I agreed with the

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly Gasoline has significantly dropped in price. When priced in silver. Not a bad way to think about prices, according to the Founding Fathers . . . more>> [http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-silver-bullet/87316/] Mainlining? Is that when heroin selling goes mainstream? No, but you can

Easter

"When the disciples saw the risen Christ, they beheld “him as a reality in the world, though no longer of it, respecting the order of the world, but Lord of its laws. To behold such reality was different and more than to see a tree or watch a man

Holy Saturday

Nyssa, Tolkien, and Gibson By killing Jesus, Satan had swallowed God's bait. He didn't know he had swallowed the Godhead, thereby inviting Full Being into his fortress of nothingness and bringing about the ontological fall of his nothingness. In the words of St. Gregory of Nyssa: