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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Wednesday

Understanding The Federal Reserve A month ago, I said I was going to tackle Allan Metzer's A History of the Federal Reserve. Unfortunately, it broke my tackle. The book is difficult, largely because it uses a lot of professional terminology. I'm still glancing through a page

TEE

"Humility in pre-Christian ethics was an insult." Nassim Taleb -- Mobile post

Tuesday

"The Attack of the Small Screen." Part Six of Moguls and Movie Stars on TCM. The re-run played last night at 7:00, then I watched Part Seven at 8:00. The 7-episode series is now over. It was highly enjoyable, with a slight political slant

Monday

What is Manliness? Lew Rockwell frequently links to "The Art of Manliness." It's a decent site, but I think it's more like Gentleman's Quarterly than a man's site. When I think of men, I basically have two stereotypes: John Wayne

The Octo-blade

How do you clear snow? Shovel? Snow-blower? Snow service? I use . . . The Octo-Blade! It's an octopus-like machine that attacks the snow from eight different angles, using different-sized blades to hit different accumulations. The little blades take care of the front porch and areas under

Something for Sunday Morning

There is no sin nor wrong that gives man such a foretaste of Hell in this life as anger and impatience. St. Catherine of Siena

Friday

Received in an Email My computer guy saw yesterday's post and emailed further suggestions to me. I pass them along as a public service: "Don't click OK or CANCEL on pop-ups that are telling you that you are infected or that your hard drive

Homo Depot

Received in an Email "Speaking of shopping, every year Randy and Mary and Robin and I go on what we call our 'gay shopping trip,' because we start at that faggy coffee house, then Randy and I have to go to the Home Depot to wipe the

In Case You Missed It

"Congressman Ron Paul told Judge Napolitano last night on FOX Business that the incoming-chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Spencer Bachus, has verbally notified Paul that he will be named Chairman of the House Subcommittee for Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology." Link [http://www.economicpolicyjournal.

Thursday

Cyber Hell Man, whatta rotten week of technology. My computer at the office got hacked. The following is a memorandum (redacted as appropriate) that I circulated to all attorneys and staff. You might want to read it carefully: > My work computer has been compromised. The virus is particularly insidious.