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Eric Scheske

Stoic Tuesday

Beautiful: Parts of a giant, exquisitely-carved marble sculpture depicting the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius have been found at an archaeological site in Turkey [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7580745.stm]. I wrote the Christian's Stoic Handbook, but couldn't find any publishers.

Bad Writing Monday

China wins: 223-220 [http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/medals]. We finished just two dropped batons behind. __________ One of the most knowledgeable writers I've ever met sent the following story from The Associated Press. Boys and girls, study close the italicized phrases as great examples of what to

Something for Sunday Morning

"Love in practice is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams." Dostoyevsky

The Weekend Eudemon

Two days left: China 205, USA 201 [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/medals]. We're playing for gold in water polo and male/female basketball and volleyball, plus I'm optimistic they can hold onto the baton in the 400-meter relay. China will win gold in

Brews You Can Use

Alka-Seltzer has a (new?) product that is designed to combat hangovers: Wake-Up Call [http://www.alkaseltzer.com/as/as_wakeupcall.htm]. It's a combination of aspirin and caffeine. I rarely have hangover problems any more, but I might keep some on hand if I find it

Olympic Thursday

Far out: May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won their second consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball Thursday, playing through a steady and sometimes driving rain to beat China in straight sets and extend their winning streak to 108 matches in a row [http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/8469432/Walsh,

The Wednesday Eudemon

St. Benedict's Feast Day. I took a medieval history class at the University of Michigan back in the 1980s. Rule for Monasteries was required reading. I don't remember anything about the professor (Catholic? Secularist that wanted to freak out college kids?), don't remember what

Poll

If you get a chance, vote at the NSNBC poll: Should "In God We Trust" be removed from the U.S. currency [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10103521/]? Right now, the "no's" are winning, 63-37%

Tuesday Miscellany

Medal score: China 160, USA 146 [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/medals]. Time's beginning to run out for the United States. __________ Couldn't take a cell phone? A man has returned from an extended holiday to find that loads of his mates have been mourning his

Monday Moanin'

Only in Deliverance country. From the woods of northern Georgia: Two men claim they've bagged Bigfoot, and they say they have the hairy corpse of the legendary creature stored away in a freezer. . . . They have so far offered three different tales so far about how they came to