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Eric Scheske

Monday

Jellybysitis New York Magazine asks (6/14 issue): "Why is it so depressing that Al and Tipper Gore are getting divorced? [http://nymag.com/arts/all/approvalmatrix/66453/]" Easy: The man wants to save the world, but he can't even save his own marriage. You folks

Something for Sunday Morning

"This is what prayer really is--being in silent inward communion with God." Benedict XVI

This Brightened Up My Horrible Week

Maybe because I'm a former drummer myself (the term "drummer" used loosely):

Friday

More technological problems. This week is bringing me to my knees . . . and not in a good way (with drunkenness). Bear with me.

Thursday

Armchair Philosophy Corner When people become mentally unstable, why is it never in a good way? For example: As an attorney, I see all sorts of incidents when a spouse becomes deranged in some fashion, and it always manifests itself in a negative way: abuse, infidelity, neglect. Why doesn'

Wednesday

Miscellany Link to the PBS special, Niall Ferguson's The Ascent of Money [http://video.pbs.org/program/1155680272/]. * * * * * * * Ah crap. I was hoping we'd hold strong at $12 trillion: The U.S. debt will top $13.6 trillion this year and climb to an estimated $19.

An Hour with Faber

In lieu of an actual post today (see below), I'm posting this yet-unseen video. It's Marc Faber, giving a one-hour overview of our economy's huge problems. I say it's "unseen" because I haven't seen it yet.

No Blogging Tuesday

Spent yesterday evening at a high school band award ceremony and working on the MP3 feature of my new van (2008 Dodge Grand Caravan). The MP3 feature is remarkably complicated and frustrating. After 2+ hours, I'm hoping this bastud gets struck by lightning.

Monday

The Vines Keep Growing Why Big Government Sucks, Exhibit 1,293,011: One FTC proposal to save the journalism industry would "Allow news organizations to agree jointly on a mechanism to require news aggregators and others to pay for the use of online content, perhaps through the use of

Something for Sunday Morning

“Every action of Christ contains a lesson for us.” St. Thomas Aquinas