Eric Scheske
Tuesday
I like to read off-the-beaten path books, as long as I have indicia that they're
reliable and good. I saw this book by Erik Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddhin
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_von_Kuehnelt-Leddihn]: The Menace of the Herd
. I'd been wanting to read some
Monday
Rich Karlgaard at Forbes
[http://blogs.forbes.com/digitalrules/2010/06/the-millionaire-cop-next-door/]
points out that public sector employees make A LOT more than folks in the
private sector:
> Who are America's fastest-growing class of millionaires? They are police
officers, firefighters, teachers and federal bureaucrats who, unless things
Something for Sunday Morning
"We shall ask him to help us uproot our egoism, to cure us of thinking too much
about ourselves and to eliminate from our hearts any kind of lukewarmness."
Francis Fernandez
Brews You Can Use
All Beer Items Today
Another great old ad, perfect for drinking Friday. I drank a lot of Blatz as a
young man, but never got it this way . . . though goodness knows I tried to talk
my girlfriends into it! (Just kidding. No lectures about impurity needed.) * * *
* * * * Boston Beer Company, the
Thursday
A Few Quick Things
Worked until after 8:00 last night, then sat in the basement until 10:00 under
threat of a tornado warning (man, our town's tornado alarm is eerie-sounding . .
. which is a good thing, of course). It's the third time this year funnel
Wednesday
Teens to Oil
That's the teen mission group from my church this week. My son is in the
upper-lefthand corner. My daughter is in the lower-righthand corner. The mission
is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I guess they're in a pretty rough section of
town. Abbie and her
Tuesday
My two oldest kids are at Catholic Heart Work Camp this week. My middle daughter
was at a friend's for the day/night. The house hasn't been clean in months. So
we bribed the four remaining kids: work hard to pick up the house, and we&
Monday
Miscellany Monday
Happy Summer. Enjoy the longest day of the year. * * * * * * * I love historical
ancedotes, and this is one of the better ones I've heard recently: "Apocryphal
story about Enrique Fermi, probably about other professors as well: student
comes into Fermi's office, surprised to see
Something for Sunday Morning
"Let us not think that in another place, in another situation we would be ready
to follow Our Lord more closely . . . The fruits of sanctity Our Lord expects
are those produced in and from the environment in which we find ourselves, here
and now: tiredness, sickness, family, the job