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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

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.

Wednesday

Black Wednesday Ah, yes. Black Wednesday. Retailers get out of the red and into the black on Friday. Today, their bar-owning brethren get into the black first. "Thanksgiving Eve, or Black Wednesday, is as strong as ever as one of the biggest bar nights of the year. '

Tuesday

The War Season I don't like the Christmas Wars. Actually, it's more accurate to say that I don't like to stoop into the muck to fight them. But I'm glad some people out there are doing the dirty work, like the American

Monday

Gold and Genocide A writer for The Atlantic wonders why the United States government is hoarding so much gold [http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/uncle-sam-8217-s-mysterious-hoard/8254/] . It's a great question: if gold is the barbaric relic, and we're

Something for Sunday Morning

As Queen, Margaret changed her husband and the country for the better. Malcolm was good, but he and his court were very rough. When he saw how wise his beloved wife was, he listened to her good advice. She softened his temper and led him to practice great virtue. She

Brews You Can Use

Gearing-Up-for-Holidays Edition Tired of all the pumpkin ale stuff? This site offers three autumn drinks that don't feature pumpkins [http://www.servedraw.com/2010/11/3-autumn-cocktails-sans-pumpkin/]: The Rattlesnake, Ginger Smash, and Largo Al Factotum Della Citta. (Good luck pronouncing that last

Thursday

Random Stuff I took the four eldest to see Unstoppable Tuesday night. I highly recommend the movie for a parent that wants to spend a fun 100 minutes with his boys. It's not a great movie, but it's intense, action-packed, and just a little violent.

TEE

“In announcing the change of editors, Mencken called Hazlitt the 'only competent critic of the arts that I have heard of who was at the same time a competent economist,' as well as 'one of the few economists in human history who could really write.'"