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Eric Scheske

Thursday Miscellany

You can't hide your lying eyes: Uncontrollable Muscles in the Face Reveal Lying, New Research Shows [http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=4748115&page=1]. Via [http://www.lewrockwell.com/]. Excerpts: > Those instances, less than a second long, are called micro-expressions, long believed to

Shaw on Clericalism

I predicted that blogging would be light, and so it is. I took the older kids to Iron Man last night, and it was pretty long. I didn't care for it, incidentally. It moved too slow. I'd give it a 5 out of 10. While watching

Tuesday Trifle

The good news: Son Jack (11) pitched three innings last night, striking out six and giving up only one run (thanks to some great fielding from his team). He also hit two doubles and a triple. The bad news: I stayed late to clean the field (had to stay a

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

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

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

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&