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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

BYCU

Buddery Slope to Water A TDE reader sends this along: "AB InBev's adjusted EBITDA in its North American division, which is mainly the U.S. market, rose 43% to $1.74 billion from $1.22 billion a year ago. In addition to cost-cutting, the brewer'

From the Notebooks

Much in modern Christological arguments strikes me as ridiculous. In these arguments, theologians try to figure out what Christ was like, given that he was a combination of God and man. I don't purport to comprehend the arguments, but from what I understand, there's higher Christology

Global Warming and Sundry

Calling Aesop Compelling piece from Time Magazine [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944914,00.html]: > As they review the bizarre and unpredictable weather pattern of the past several years, a growing number of scientists are beginning to suspect that many seemingly contradictory meteorological fluctuations are

Tuesday Twitter

Twitter 3 Lousy Reasons to Consider an Antidepressant Medication [http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/brain-and-behavior/2009/08/06/3-lousy-reasons-to-consider-an-antidepressant-medication.html] . (1) You're a Detroit Lions fan. (2) You've ran out of beer and the grocery stores

Monday Moanin'

GKC Corner I'm often startled to see how many G.K. Chesterton people I see on the web. This last weekend, I was reading Touchstone [http://www.touchstonemag.com/], and I saw one of its contributors, Lydia McGrew, blogs at "What's Wrong with the World

Something for Sunday Morning

"Often, though, we will find the Cross in the ordinary and even trivial things that we encounter in the course of run-of-the-mill days: fatigue; lacking the time we would like to do things; having to renounce a pleasant plan we had made; bearing with love the

BYCU

Craft Trekkies I've undeniably benefited from the whole "micro-brew/craft brew" phenomenon. Most of my favorite beers are craft beers, and I love the resulting assortment now available everywhere, even at ordinary grocery stores. But the whole thing still has a "nerd" feel

Thursday Hodgepodge

Joke A University of Michigan grad and a Michigan State grad were sitting in the barbershop. They were both just getting finished with their shaves when the barbers reached for some after-shave to slap on their faces. The MSU grad shouted, "Hey, don't put that stuff

Dr. K and Neologisms

Encore for Dr. K Pat Buchanan asks hard questions about the euthanasia undercurrents of Obama Health Care [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/08/04/time_to_go_grampa_97751.html] . From the conclusion: > In the early 20th century, with the influence of Social Darwinism, the utilitarian concept that

Late Summer Reading

Calling Squares I used to read or skim First Things' "On the Square" every day, but for some reason, I got out of the habit. I stopped by yesterday on a whim and greatly enjoyed a post about August reading [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2009/08/