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Eric Scheske

Something for Sunday Morning

"Our true aim in life is to understand God, and through that understanding we shall sufficiently understand life. Failure in human life is commonly due to an attempt to understand life without any attempt to understand it in relation to God." J.G.H. Barry

Friday

Brews You Can Use What's wet, wet, and has nearly 10,000 friends? The Beer in the Shower Facebook page [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Beer-in-the-Shower/71090364480]. Don't worry. I scanned its photo collection [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Beer-in-the-Shower/

Thursday

From the Notebooks Notes about Fiction As I studied the work of Flannery O'Connor–possibly the ultimate craftsman of the novel, who wrote so slowly and deliberately that every word has a purpose–it seemed her philosophy is explicit. Consider, for instance, Rayber, the cold rationalist who was

Wednesday

Schiff and Black Friday Stories If you didn't hear, Peter Schiff has a daily radio show now [http://www.schiffradio.com/pg/jsp/charts/audioMaster.jsp?dispid=301&pid=51185]. Robert Higgs (featured here yesterday) appeared on the show Monday evening. Based on what I can discern,

Monday

Monday Moanin' Man, travel wears me out. I went to my in-laws on Thursday and came back yesterday afternoon. Everything went well and it was an enjoyable visit, but I was dizzy-tired all day yesterday. Couldn't shake it. I finally crashed before 9:00, slept

Christmas Tree Decorating Party

Something for Sunday Morning

"Smile five times a day at someone you don't really want to smile at--do it for peace." Mother Teresa Happy Advent. Remember: It's a time of mortification. But in mortification, there is joy.

Saturday

D.W. By chance, I watched three Denzel Washington movies earlier this month: The Book of Eli, Unstoppable, and Man on Fire. I recommend all three. None were great, but they're very good (Unstoppable the weakest of the three) , and I really enjoyed Denzel Washington. I did a

Friday

Gilbert I ran Brews You Can Use on Black Wednesday, so today is a normal post . . . almost. I'm also away from my computer, so I've had to pre-program a few posts. Today, I merely want to mention that the new issue of Gilbert Magazine [http:

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. My holiday season didn't start very well. I wrecked my vehicle and, in the process, took out a fire hydrant. The officer was very nice about it and nobody was hurt (I was only going about 15 miles an hour), but I was at fault.