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Eric Scheske

Brews You Can Use

Well, this is a bummer. We have a gorgeous weekend ahead of us. My work at the office has tapered off a little bit. Only two kid functions this weekend, and they're taking place at the same time at the same park facility (parents with few children lament

From the Notebooks

Premise: Security hurts. The more security you seek, the slower, more inefficient, costly, and duller that area of your life becomes. Check your stove five times: Slower leaving the house. A bureaucracy makes sure everything works uniformly: Inefficient (and dull). Military might: Costly. This doesn't mean security isn&

The Wednesday Eudemon

I hope everybody liked From the Notebooks, but of course, I know all of you didn't. Nothing pleases everyone, but no matter: FTN will be featured once or twice a week for a year or so, until I run out of script. Since I am--when time permits-

From the Notebooks

Screw the Poor Alms in the Age of Affluence Things were so much simpler in the old days. Back then, when you gave money to the poor, you knew they deserved it. In today's age of affluence, people are poor because they're addicted, lazy, or both.

Something for Sunday Morning

"Faithfulness in little things is a big thing." St. John Chrysostom

Saturday

His harem rejoices: Officials believe North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has recovered enough from a stroke to brush his own teeth [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080913/ap_on_re_as/nkorea_kim_jong_il]. __________ Upon further reflection, new feature coming to TDE: From the Notebooks. Go here

Pray for the Aggie Catholics!

> The new forecast models have Hurricane Ike going almost directly over College Station. So, please pray for our safety. Also, with the move northward (toward Houston) we will be seeing a large number of evacuees come into town. Evacuations are being ordered, some mandatory, and we could have more

Friday

Well, it's been a perfectly brutal week, the kind of week that calls out for a weekend bender. I planned on cracking open a few last night, but I still had a few work items to handle from home and I was simply too shot (I went to

The End of Normalcy?

Fifteen hours at the office yesterday (less twenty minutes for a personal errand). I'm pretty sure that's a new record for me, and I have to be back in the chair by 8:00 and have heavy-lifting appointments all afternoon. For today, just this picture

Slow Blogging Continues

Kenya? Really? Gosh, I better vote for Obama: > A BBC poll published today will show that, despite the tightness of the race in the US, Obama is the overwhelming favourite in 22 countries. He is preferred to McCain by a four to one margin on average across the 22,