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Eric Scheske

Brews You Can Use

Tonight, I drink. It's my Dad's anniversary of his discharge from the Marines. I gave him a "dinner and drinks" certificate for Christmas. He's cashing it in for this most auspicious occasion. I talked to him yesterday, and he wants to go

Thursday Bites

A friend forwarded this latest "end all, be all" of web surfing: allmyfaves.com [http://www.allmyfaves.com/]. It's a pretty good site. I've bookmarked it. __________ Ah, crap: Pepsi is now using its TV spots to promote the gay lifestyle. AFA asked Pepsi to

The Wednesday Eudemon

I wasn't raised in the Detroit area, but I had lived there for two summers. In addition, during my college years in Ann Arbor, I had regularly attended Red Wings hockey games, often taking the Lodge Freeway from I-94 to Joe Louis Arena. Right before I exited

Tuesday Miscellany

I watched Idiocracy with my wife and older children on Saturday. It's the funniest dark comedy I've ever seen. The premise: a young man wakes up 500 years in the future and finds that America has dumbed down beyond belief. All of society engages behaves like

Something for Sunday Morning

"Gloominess does great harm to us and to those around us. It is a harmful plant that we must uproot as soon as it appears." Francis Fernandez, In Conversation with God

Brews You Can Use

Light drinking news this morning. Couple of reasons: I took my oldest children to Mall Cop last night (my rating: 5, but better than I though it'd be), with the result that I wasn't able to get a head start on this post last night. I

The Ignorant Non-Keynesian

That's me, walking a mile to the office in a charcoal gray topcoat in 5-degree Michigan weather, hat on my head, iPod headphones in my ears, my brows furrowed. More likely than not, I'm listening to a podcast about economics. Peter Schiff [http://www.takimag.

Tuesday Miscellany

So I was in charge of dinner Saturday evening. I picked Taco Bell, with a Hot-n_Now (regional fastfood burger franchise) for the non-Mexican eaters. Final damage: 8 hamburgers, 5 small fries, 10 regular tacos, 1 Mexican pizza, 1/2 gallon of milk, 1 liter of Mountain Dew,

Something for Sunday Morning

Affability should be "the framework of human relationships . . .". It is "scarcely noticed, but when it is lacking it is greatly missed. . . . [W]e must take heed of the thousands of opportunities [to practice affability] that each day brings with it." Francis Fernandez

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I've never seen it this cold. Unbelievable.