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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Stuff for Saturday Morning

The newest exercise "craze" (that's a little strong, but so be it): open-water swimming [http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/50-ways-to-improve-your-life/2007/12/20/take-a-splash-in-the-hudson-river.html] . My wife will vouch for it. When we

The Friday Eudemon

Now that researchers have concluded that divorce is bad for the environment [https://thedailyeudemon.com/5826/], Theodore Dalrymple humorously asks [http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon2007-12-27td.html]: > One of the interesting questions that this little piece of research poses is whether the environmentalist lobby will now

New Groeschel Book

My son Alex bought me a Benedict Groeschel book for Christmas: Spiritual Passages: The Psychology of Spiritual Development [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0824506286/thedailyeudem-20]. I've only read the first twenty pages, but so far it has all the markings of an Eric Classic, which

Stephen and Christmas

When I was a kid, I was always depressed Christmas night and the day after, with my spirits gradually lightening as the new year approached. I don't get depressed anymore, not at all. It's odd, though: I intensely look forward to Christmas for a month, then

Something for Christmas Morning

"He is born poor, and he teaches us that happiness is not to be found in an abundance of earthly goods. He comes into the world without any ostentation, encouraging us to be humble and not to depend on the applause of men." Francis Fernandez

Christmas Eve

When I see stories like this [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/nyregion/23towns.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin] , I think even the New York Times can be redeemed. A wonderful tribute to Benedict Groeschel, a man whose podcasts have become one of the high

Something for Sunday Morning

"Another manifestation of humility is the avoidance of negative judgments about other people. The knowledge of our own weaknesses will prevent us from entertaining a bad thought about anyone, even if the words or conduct of the person in question give good grounds for doing so." Francis Fernandez

Emailers

If anyone tried to email me and didn't receive a response, please try again. Yahoo Mail put at least one apparently legitimate message in my spam/bulk folder. I had highlighted a batch of messages, hit delete, then saw that there were potentially-legitimate messages in there, but

Saturday Stuff

Ah, Christmas weekend. A great thing, and the Tuesday Christmas is the best. I've informally polled my friends around town, and more than half of them aren't working Monday or their offices (like mine) are closed. It's a four-day weekend, so we get

Huckabee and the Bigot?

I can't get this story off my mind: Mike Huckabee to speak at strongly anti-Catholic preacher's church [http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11335]. I'm not fascinated that Huckabee is going there (though it concerns me–bigotry is bigotry, and for reasons