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Eric Scheske

Brews You Can Use

Bring a bullet to bite: Eleven of the manliest cocktails in the world [http://www.holytaco.com/2008/04/15/the-11-manliest-cocktails-in-the-world/]. Sample: Kentucky Tea: One mason jar halfway full of moonshine. Fill the jar with branch water. __________ You might have a drinking problem if . . . your 82-year-old Alzheimer's patient

Thursday

Happy birthday to my dear, long-suffering, mother. She has lung problems, she has husband problems (the guy acts like me!). But she takes Stoic suffering to new heights, bolstered with a moderate amount of wine and a solid Christian faith. She's a good Mom, though my wife (good-naturedly)

The Wednesday Eudemon

Was this a hospital emergency room or a scene from Prison Inmates Gone Wild? Brian Persaud received eight stitches for a cut over his eyebrow, but denied hospital staffers' request to exam his rectum, his lawyer Gary DeFilippo said. Doctors said the exam would help determine if there was

The Begging Eudemon

Well, don't blame me, but my wife asks me for very few favors. When she does ask, I feel compelled to grant. Parents from Holy Angels Catholic School are trying to raise enough money to re-open the school next year. I think they have a snowball's

Abbreviated Monday Moanin'

Short Eudemon today. Things kind of exploded around here last night: Marie got tied up at a travel soccer game until 9:00; I undertook to open the pool for her as a surprise--and got caught up in a lot more (deck sweeping, clearing leaf sludge, etc.) than I anticipated;

Something for Sunday Morning

"Without humility, there is no way of conquering anger." St. John Climacus

Saturday Stuff

Everyone needs a hobby: A Romanian man has been fined for making 6,442 profane phone calls to an emergency number [http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-04-17-profane-phone-calls_N.htm?csp=34] . __________ Swim to the lip of Victoria Falls [http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/devilspool.asp]. Pretty amazing. Not

Brews You Can Use

Diabolical! A rough week like this one calls for Friday afternoon beers, but I have little league practice at 5:30, and I'm pretty sure one of my fellow coaches is the teetotaling type that would be pretty mad if I showed up wobbly. That really stinks. Maybe

Late Night Last Night

A late night meeting lasted over two hours last night. No time for blogging today. Just two quick things: I'm looking for Catholic blogs about fatherhood. I'm aware of Catholic Father [http://catholicfather.blogspot.com/] and Testosterhome [http://www.testosterhome.net/]. Who else you got? Comments

Coincidentally . . .

On the Square asks this morning, "Who Will Save Catholic Schools [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=1048]?" TDE readers already know the answer: Nobody. But maybe there is hope: > In Wichita, Catholic students attend Catholic schools tuition-free, and non-Catholics at bargain prices, thanks to the parishioners