Something for Sunday Morning
"[T]he man who claims to possess both charity and money is a self-deceived
fool."
John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent
Eric Scheske
Saturday Stuff
The illness lingers, but I think it's mostly over. I'm actually going to try to
exercise today. Nothing too rigorous. Maybe three miles on the stationary bike,
or maybe some light weightlifting, or maybe just a couple of groans thinking
about it. We'll see.
Brews You Can Use
Okay, these guys are off my list of acceptable brewers: Carlsberg's
announcement
that it has found customers for its $400 a 375ml bottle of a new beer known as
Vintage No 1 [http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=741]. Four hundred bucks for a
bottle of beer ("
Thursday
Inchin' along in life. Still slow blogging. Happy Valentine's Day. Nice ironic
blurb for the day: "Police in Bangkok have launched an operation to prevent
teenagers from having sex on Valentine's Day
[http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2727643.html?menu=news.quirkies]
Wednesday
One day at a time. On Monday, I started coughing up blood and the pain returned
to my chest. My doctor sent me to get chest x-rays and blood work. On Tuesday, I
woke up feeling bad, and then around 10:00, I suddenly felt pretty normal. The
rest of
Something for Tuesday
Hey, Tony, the Weed Whacker
[http://pages.prodigy.net/mlemus/mobnamegenerator.htm] has his own blog.
The two best mob nicknames from my family: Mel "Chimpy Nuts" Scheske and Max
"Gandhi Mangler" Scheske.
Monday Moanin'
Brutal cold. The kind that makes you say "sumbitch" every ten steps, the last
punctuated with a shriek and shiver just as you leave the sidewalk and enter the
nave. Between my lingering (but only lingering) illness and the repeat waves of
cold and/or snow and/or
Something for Sunday Morning
"When you look at the Crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then.
When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now."
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
Saturday
Well, I don't officially blog on Saturdays, and I see no reason to make an
exception today. The illness is more-or-less past, though I had to sleep upright
again last night (coughing problems) and woke up with a pounding headache and
don't feel quite right. Nonetheless,
Brews You Can Use
Beer is good for you
[http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/health&id=5943823]:
> To make beer, you need hops, yeast and a cereal such as barley. It turns out
each of these ingredients mixed together may pack a healthy punch. Hops contains
a compound called