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Eric Scheske

Monday Moaning

The rise of the comic book, the Great Comic-Book Scare, comic-book censorship, and remembering a far more innocent age [http://www.city-journal.org/2008/bc0502sk.html]. Neat short piece. Excerpts: > [Following the censorship, b]etween 1954 and 1956, the number of comic-book titles plunged from about 650 to 250.

Something for Sunday Morning

"Jesus sought and encouraged the friendship of all he met on the roads of Palestine. He always made use of conversation in order to get to the bottom of their souls and fill them with love." Francis Fernandez, In Conversation with God

The Saturday Eudemon

Not much today. The office calls, then Meg's soccer game, then baseball field clean-up, then a First Communion party, then two more First Communion parties. Interspersed in there: ordinary large-family stuff and carting children to other events. One quick thing, though: > A Romanian man has lodged an

Brews You Can Use

Sign me up: Beer baths [http://www.smh.com.au/news/europe/bathe-in-beer/2008/04/23/1208743038757.html?page=fullpage] . Of course, you have to go the Czech Republic. "[W]hile a regular tap pipes in locally sourced Il-Sano mineral water, our tubs will also contain 8-10 litres of

Thursday Miscellany

The Solemnity of the Ascension. The hardest mystery to understand. None of them can really be understood, of course, but this one is the hardest. I accept the immortality of the soul. It squares with the ontological facts we can discern. But the assumption of the body into heaven, with

The Wednesday Eudemon

"Sandwich days." That's what I call this time of year because my day is "sandwiched" by obligations. I have to get the kids to school at 7:30 a.m. then be some place in the late afternoon, leaving no time for anything except

Tuesdays with the Eudemon

Actually, I should call this post "Tuesdays with the Anti-Eudemon." Not a lot of fun stuff out there today. Great piece over at City Journal about "creeping sharia." [http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_2_cultural_jihadists.html] Excerpt: > [T]he Ayatollah Khomeini's

Monday Miscellany

I've long been fascinated with the question, "How ought one to spend his time?" It used to be a fascination born of bitterness: volunteer organizations would ask me spend time helping with X or Y, not realizing my schedule was so full with writing projects and

Something for Sunday Morning

> Whoever wishes to carry the cross for his sake must take up the proper weapons for the contest, especially those mentioned here. First, diligence; second, distrust of self; third, confidence in God; fourth, remembrance of Passion; fifth, mindfulness of one's own death; sixth, remembrance of God'

Saturday

For those somewhat new to TDE, you should be aware that I don't "officially" blog on Saturday. I don't know what I mean by "officially" (it's not as if I produce high literature Monday through Friday). I guess it basically