Sign in Subscribe

Eric Scheske

New Study

As part of my return to post-Christmas normalcy, I dug into my study last weekend. It had gotten to be a pit. I put in an island of bookshelves, using them to establish an economics/investment section of my library, then rearranged much of the other furniture. I was

Monday

Greenspan and Other Problems Is this guy for real? Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said the U.S. could face a bond-market crisis if politicians don't act soon to start cutting the nation's debt [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704739504576067832461529192.html?mod=igoogle_wsj_gadgv1&

Something for Sunday Morning

“Unless one is well on the road to holiness, it is very difficult in the midst of a daily routine to see things in perspective, as they really are.” Thomas Dubay

BYCU

The Machine This might be the neatest beer device since the keg: bottom-up dispensers [http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=24970]. They transform the keg from a foamy, slow device into a beer-gushing machine: 44 pints a minute [http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/12/how-it-works-beer-

Wednesday

Talebisms If you didn't know about it, Nassim Taleb has an online notebook [http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/notebook.htm]. I'm not sure whether he regularly adds to it, but there's a ton of prose on it already. I downloaded it to my iPad and

Tuesday

Tuesday Miscellany I'm leaning toward the Alex Jones explanation on this one: Government secret testing may have killed all those fish and birds in Arkansas [http://www.infowars.com/is-mass-bird-and-fish-die-off-connected-to-government-testing/] . Sure, violent weather could've killed the

Something for Sunday Morning

“In so far as it is loved, everything becomes a source of pleasure.” St. Thomas Aquinas

Happy New Year

What would de Caussade [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Pierre_de_Caussade] say about the new year? Would the author of The Sacrament of the Present Moment condemn the constant "looking back/looking forward" disposition that marks these days? I suspect he'd find it harmless

Something for Sunday Morning

"I want you to be happy on earth. But you won't be if you don't get rid of that fear of suffering." Escriva

BYCU

New Years Edition It's the last day of the year. 2010 was far better than 2009, and for that I'm grateful. I plan to celebrate the end of the year with friends and family at the local drinking club this afternoon, while watching bowl games. I