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Eric Scheske

Brews You Can Use

Pass me that Mad Dog 20/20 and the ultrasound machine: An entrepreneur claims to have invented a machine that uses ultrasound technology to turn a cheap bottle of rot gut into a vintage-tasting wine in a matter of minutes [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3115492/Ultrasound-machine-turns-cheap-plonk-into-fine-wine-in-30-minutes-says-inventor.

From the Notebooks

I earlier said The Great Society and today's college aid programs for single mothers are manifestly unjust in their "actual workings on the individual level." Such programs are couched in terms of "social justice." Their proponents would argue that the programs correct previous manifest

The Wednesday Eudemon

From the Notebooks It is often repeated that a prophet has no honor in his own village–or family, or neighborhood, or country. If he has no honor there, it's because the people closest to him are acquainted with his ordinariness, and it blocks out the greatness, like

Tuesday Miscellany

Nice day yesterday for the portfolio. How long will it continue? I'm just hoping long enough to get my money back. I'm not optimistic in the long run. From Ron Paul yesterday in Slate [http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/judgments/2008/10/13/sickness-unto-debt]: > In

Feature Essay

Slowly Learning to Live I'm not looking to join last summer's Tropic Thunder velitation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_Thunder#Controversy], but about ten years ago I volunteered to sell Tootsie Rolls to help people with mental disabilities. I figured it was an easy way

Something for Sunday Morning

"Sacred Scripture calls all of us to a lofty, perfect holiness. The saints are men and women who say a complete yes to this call, not merely in prayerful sentiments but also in daily decisions and actions." Thomas Dubay, Saints: A Closer Look.

No Blogging Saturday

Male English teachers everywhere, don't teach Brokeback Mountain: A man assigned "The Crucible" in an adult education English class doused his teacher with a nonflammable liquid and threatened to burn her as a witch, police said [http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/bizarre/BO90911/]. __________ New Investment

Brews You Can Use

Very Palinesque . . . but it's freakin' Florida [http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-10-03-icebar-orlando_N.htm?csp=34] : [http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-10-03-icebar-orlando_N.htm?csp=34] "Make a reservation, pay $35, don an insulated cape and gloves and you can have a vodka drink

From the Notebooks

The Hack Most men are hacks. I think that's a fair statement. And I suspect most men fall into the category of “hacks.” Mr. X is a hack at this and that and the other thing. He does a lot of things kind of well, but nothing great.

Wednesday Miscellany

I hope everyone enjoyed the lengthy St. Therese piece. I should've put it up last Wednesday, on her feast day, but simply didn't think of it until too late. That piece had been lounging in my computer archives for a couple of years. A handful of