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Eric Scheske

Thursday's Fix

Internet addiction is growing. The main types of Internet addiction are cybersex, online affairs, online gambling, online gaming, compulsive surfing and even eBay addiction. An article by Dr. Jerald J. Block in the March issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry stated that “Internet addiction appears to be a common

The Wednesday Eudemon

Oh ho: The paternalistic white man [http://www.lacity.org/council.htm] returneth: The Los Angeles City Council has approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a low-income area of the city [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080729/D927OLQ02.html]. Maybe that LA quake [http://apnews.myway.com/

Obama and the Wall

" . . . the more I'm galvanized to vote for McCain." Check out the most-recent Obama phoniness [http://www.creativeminorityreport.com/2008/07/obama-has-received-his-reward.html] .

Tuesday Miscellany

Better late than never. Nick Milne [http://nickmilne.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/tagged-by-thunder/] tagged me while I was on vacation. The rules: > 1. Link the person(s) who tagged you 2. Mention the rules on your blog 3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours 4. Tag 6

Monday Miscellany

Marcel LeJeune at Aggie Catholics calls it a "masterpiece [http://marysaggies.blogspot.com/2008/07/humanae-vitae-and-catholic-church.html] ," I suspect he's right: The Vindication of Humanae Vitae [http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=6262]. Taking Marcel's lead, I'll summarize the article

Something for Sunday Morning

"God ordinarily reveals His indwelling presence not through visions but by prompting virtuous actions within us." Thomas Dubay, citing Saints Teresa of Avila, Thomas Aquinas, and Bernard.

Saturday

I don't get overtly political on this blog very often, but the Obama foreign tour is sticking in my craw. Consider this morning's AP story [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080726/ap_on_re_eu/obama] about visiting Europe: > Obama said he and [Prime

Brews You Can Use

Holy stumbler, Batman! State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent - the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. [http://www.9news.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=96270&catid=337] I went

Thursday Miscellany

The stay-cation. I've always wanted to take one: A week off work without leaving town. Travel is work. I've always thought it'd be nice to, you know, not work. I haven't really tried it (not working/travelling for more than, say, a

The Return Eudemon

Most of you probably discerned that I've been on vacation. Because this is The Daily Eudemon, I make sure I post something every day, but I'm not about to ruin family vacations for it ("Honey, we got to pull over, I gotta get some blogging