Something for Sunday Morning
"[W]e must be active in all that the present moment demands of us, but in
everything else remain passive and abandoned and do nothing but peacefully await
the promptings of God." de Caussade, Abandonment
Eric Scheske
Brews You Can Use
Dinner Beers
My father waged a thirty-year battle in favor of beer. When he moved to our
micropolitan area, it was understood that classy people didn't drink beer.
Everyone drank hard liquor. That was 1969. But he stuck to his guns, drinking
water if they didn't
No Blogging Thursday
I'm sorry, but I'm whipped. No blogging today. This little league baseball
coaching is going to kill me . . . soon, if I'm lucky. Otherwise, I have two
more months left. Did I find The Bad News Bears funny? I think I did, but it
seems
Wednesday
Compost Land
Last weekend, I ripped open the chicken-wired pile in my backyard and looked for
compost. I'd been shoving my family scraps in the pile since December 2008,
adding twigs, leaves, grass clippings and other matter at random.
The results were amazing. I got six times more
Tuesday
Alien Life
I've never ruled out alien life, but I lean toward the scoffing mode. This book
review raises some interesting points on behalf of the E.T. searchers
[http://www.economist.com/culture/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15864923]. "Modern
man evolved as a species 100,000
Monday
Words and Aprons
"It depends on what the meaning of the words 'is' is." That's Bill Clinton's
grand jury testimony during Monicagate. He has now come a long way, though:
"What we learned from Oklahoma City is not that we should
Something for Sunday Morning
"There can be no pact with our defects and errors." Francis Fernandez
Brews You Can Use
I Need a Drink
The baseball season is only four days old, and I'm already burned out. My son's
appearance at the plate last night would've driven me to a big bottle, but I was
still vomiting from the spectacle. You ever work on
Thursday
Stream of Consciousness
Tax Day. Give the federal government the single-finger salute. * * * * * Hoo
hoooo! Happy days are here again. "Better days here? Economic rebound gains
strength [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100414/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economy]."
Ah, but crap: "George Soros delivered
Wednesday
Received in an Email
A Harley biker is riding by the zoo in Washington, DC when he sees a little girl
leaning into the lion's cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the collar of her
jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the