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Eric Scheske

Wednesday

Blog Surfing Wednesday Salvador Dali returned to his Catholic roots? I guess I never knew that. That's what Godzdogz says in this post [http://godzdogz.op.org/2011/05/art-of-redemption-4-christ-of-st-john.html] about Dali's Christ of Saint John of the

Tuesday

Catholic Arts and Letters Weekly New Olympic events: knifing, the bong hit, and the sexual assault course. No wait, that's just Rio's other side. What will the world see in 2016? . . . more>> [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=110510/rio] Nobody

Monday

Monday Twitter Frugal or cheap? I define "frugal" to mean a person who inconveniences himself in his quest to save money. The "cheap" person is the guy who inconveniences others. Wendy McElroy makes a case for frugality [http://mises.org/daily/5183/The-Case-for-Frugality]

Something for Sunday Morning

"Joy is very infectious. We will never know just how much good a simple smile can do." Mother Teresa

Friday

Brews You Can Use I go to Frankenmuth most summers for its annual Bavarian Music Festival. Frankenmuth is a village in the middle of Michigan that is designed like a Bavarian town. It's probably the second quaintest spot in Michigan (Mackinac Island is the most quaint). It looks

Thursday

Miscellaneous Who else is climbing on the gold standard bandwagon? Maybe Steve Forbes. Link [http://www.zerohedge.com/article/steve-forbes-us-will-likely-have-gold-standard-within-next-five-years] . * * * * * * * Value investor Jeremy Grantham is bearish on U.S. stocks. He would seek refuge in blue chips and emerging

Wednesday

Return of Catholic Blog Surfing Awhile back, I selected Wednesday as my statio . The spiritual masters suggest you select one day during the week to stand watch, to put forth the extra effort to be good. I can't say I've noticed a big difference between my

Tuesday

Liars, Liars Unbelievable: Last Friday, it was reported that Greece was threatening to quit the Euro Zone and there would be an emergency meeting. The Eurogroup Chairman flat-out told the media that there would be no meeting. And now, it looks like he simply lied. Why? To preserve the

Monday

Jacobs You don't hear much about Siger de Brabant these days. He's a Latin Averroist (fan of the Muslim philosopher, Averroes), who taught a lot of bizarre stuff, but in particular, he taught there were two types of truth: philosophic truths and religious truths. His framework

Something for Sunday Morning

"Be happy and make it a special point to become God's sign of happiness in your community." Mother Teresa