Something for Sunday Morning
"Guilt is a reality, an objective force; it has caused destruction that must be
repaired. For this reason, forgiveness must be more than a matter of ignoring,
of merely trying to forget." Benedict XVI
Eric Scheske
Regular Blogging Returns On Saturday
Got home from NYC late last night.
From the Notebooks: Short Story
Troubles in the Banshee Union
“The hours are too long and the work isn't satisfying,” said Kelli, head
steward of the Female Union. She had been appointed to work out a new contract
with management. There was widespread discontent among the women who worked in
the Warning Department
From the Notebooks: Short Story
Wild Darrell and the Haunted House: A Dialogue
"They say the nobleman William Darrell took the baby from the midwife and threw
it into the fireplace. He held the newborn down with his boot until it was
burned to death."
"Why would he do such a thing?
Joke
Joke. A man is at a cocktail party. An angel appears and reveals to the crowd
that the man had recently risked his life to save a little girl. The angel
announced to the man in front of everybody: "You may choose one: Greatest
wisdom, greatest wealth, or greatest
On Walking
And on Writing
I'm a big believer in walking, both strolling and fast walking. The paleo-guy
[http://www.arthurdevany.com/] doesn't like fast walking because he thinks cave
men either strolled or sprinted. But no matter. I like walking at all different
speeds, especially at a
Something for Sunday Morning
"Suffering out of love of God is better than working miracles."
St. John of the Cross
BYCU, Kind of
A client stopped by my office last week. In the course of our conversation, he
mentioned that he has a medical marijuana card (Michigan passed a medical
marijuana law in 2008). He's in his sixties. He said he doesn't smoke the stuff,
but it allows him
Thursday
Jones and Food
Rolling Stone magazine lights up Alex Jones
[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/talk-radios-alex-jones-the-most-paranoid-man-in-america-20110302?print=true]
. Kinda. It starts off swinging hard. Toward the beginning of the piece: "The
Gates Foundation? 'Obviously a eugenics operation.' The latest WikiLeaks dump?
'All the hallmarks of
Some Good Late Night Lines
Conan: 'President Obama gave a nationally televised speech about Libya. The
speech was titled, “No, I wasn't born there.'" Kimmel: "President Obama
escalated the war in Afghanistan, he sent the Navy in to shoot at pirates in the
Indian Ocean, and now he'