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Eric Scheske

Monday

Happy 4th! Well, Happy 4th Observance! The banks, courthouses, and post office are closed, so it's a holiday. Consistent with past practice, blogging will be light today. * * * * * * * Something different: Great whites seen off the Northeast coast [http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/coast-guard-shark-warning-

First zucchini from garden

Something for Sunday Morning

Peace "is granted only to men of good will--to those who strive with the whole of their strength to live their lives in accordance with God's will." Francis Fernandez

Brews You Can Use

Taking my micropolitan area by storm: Incentive Vodka [http://www.incentivevodka.com/Main.html]. Friends say it's better than Grey Goose, but priced just a bit cheaper.

Thursday

This 2006 op-ed from the New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/opinion/05chace.html] ought to be required reading for every prospective college student and every politician that makes student loans available: “A Little Learning is an Expensive Thing.” It's William Chace, a

Wednesday

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

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

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