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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

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

Thursday

Gearing Back Up I have returned from my trip to the in-laws in Detroit, and now the Christmas festivities are over, except for the 12 days of Christmas presents that we give the kids. We give each kid a small present every day until the Epiphany, at which time

From the Notebooks

Gabriel Marcel: "The less life is experienced as a captivity the less the soul will be able to see the shining of that veiled, mysterious light." Homo Viator, 32. Placed on the flipside: The more a soul experiences its captivity, its limitations, and its darkness, the more it

TEE

Grosse Pointe, Michigan: home of residents rich enough to buy million-dollar homes, but too cheap to keep their sidewalks clear of snow. Perhaps the most-treacherous walking in Michigan's lower peninsula. -- Mobile post