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Eric Scheske

No Eudemon

Well, a black day in my life: My children's parochial school, Holy Angels, is shutting down at the end of this school year [http://www.sturgisjournal.com/articles/2008/04/15/news/doc480573e1865af290539340.txt] . It basically came down to demographics: Not enough white Catholic children in the area

Tuesday Trifles

Hats off to Amy Welborn. I could say that for a lot of reasons, but her straightforward-yet-penetrating insight into all the blather about the Catholic Church and its youth (e.g., youth are ignorant about their faith, youth don't care about their faith, etc.) is excellent. Check it

Monday Moanin'

Hell season starts. Basketball season ended a month ago. I've been enjoying the free evenings and weekends. That stops today: baseball (two boys, two different leagues), soccer (two girls, two different leagues, one of them the ambitious travel squad), swim lessons (one boy and one girl, same session)

Something for Sunday Morning

> It is also well after a few years to reread the very good books which have already done us much good. Life is short: we should be content to read and read again whatever bears the mark of God, and not to lose our time on things that are

Saturday Misc.

Extreme or parody or maybe both. Either way, I'm getting a kick out of it and I haven't even visited it yet: "The world's first vegetarian, Cain, was also the world's first murderer. Coincidence? Not according to the folks at the

Brews You Can Use

The drum beat grows louder? Is 21 a bust when it comes to drinking? Lawmakers in seven states are actively considering legislation that would lower the legal drinking age. State pols in Kentucky, Wisconsin and South Carolina have introduced legislation that would lower the drinking age only for military personnel,

Master's Thursday

Three hundred and thirty yards of Magnolia Lane [http://www.masters.org/en_US/course/video_tour.html?targetLink=/media/video/Mag_lane_founders_03.11.2008_320x240.flv] , Jack Nicklaus, staring down Martha Burk and her (snicker) 24 fellow protesters, Amen Corner, the Green Jacket, and Tiger Woods amazingly

The Wednesday Eudemon

One of the best article bullet summaries I've ever seen: Paul Theroux depicted V.S. Naipaul ten years ago as a stingy, tantrum-prone, racist snob badly in need of driving lessons. He was far too kind. [http://www.aldaily.com/] And the bullet is apparently accurate. The Nobel

Tuesday Trifles

And all this time I thought I was merely showcasing a measure of libidocoria [http://deacbench.blogspot.com/2008/04/showoffs-who-have-three-kids.html]: > When Elana Sigall, a 43-year-old attorney in Brooklyn, was pregnant with her third, people came up to her constantly, she said, to admonish her: "You'

Monday Moanin'

I missed this story last week: Muslim parents force British elementary schools to remove gay marriage books from the curriculum [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=553008&in_page_id=1770&in_page_id=1770&expand=true] . I don&