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Eric Scheske

Tornado and Brews

I crashed early last night, around 8:45, and zonked out. At 9:30, the town's tornado siren (which can also serve as a nuclear attack siren and 5:00 drinking time notice), went off. I helped bundle the three smallest downstairs, while yelling to the two middles

Rand

Charles Colson on the philosophy of Any Rand [http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/civilization/cc0247.htm]. It's a pretty good overview. A bit harsh, but not unfair. There is something obscene about Rand's philosophy (as I understand it), but it can't be denied that

The Wednesday Eudemon

All sorts of linkable material at Drudge right now: School plans to offer pill to middle school girls, and state law allows the girls to get it without parental consen [http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=140910&ac=PHnws] t (the confluence of demographics led to this result:

Multitasking, Blog Interviews, and One Costly Book

Multitasking hurts your memory, creates stress, and costs time. That, according to Walter Kirn in the current issue of The Atlantic. The piece is clever, but far too jumpy (I think he was using his prose style to analogize to multitasking), and he didn't present enough facts. Still,

Monday Miscellany

My favorite Belloc book: The Four Men. It's now available here [http://www.archive.org/details/fourmenfarrago00belliala]. Go to The Blue Boar to figure out how to find it [http://theblueboar.blogspot.com/2007/10/download-bellocs-four-men.html]. Intelligent observation from one of the commentators at The Blue Boar:

Something for Sunday Morning

"The Bible is a stream wherein the elephant may swim and the lamb may wade." St. Gregory the Great

Oxford American

I realize I'm not suppose to be blogging on Saturdays, but just one quick thing: If you want good writing, subscribe to Oxford American [http://www.oxfordamericanmag.com/]. I've been enjoying it for a little over a year. The newest issue came three days ago, and

Brews You Can Use

My monthly column is up at The Register and it's about beer: What's Brewing in the Blogosphere? [http://ncregister.com/site/article/6289/] Subscription required. Excerpt: > Most every well-read Christian has heard of the Inklings, the literary group that counted J.R.R. Tolkien and

Thursday Miscellany

Abby's Queer Eye Abby has come out strongly in favor of the gay movement [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071009/ap_on_re_us/dear_abby_gay_marriage]. Nothing post-worthy, since I've long considered her too vapid to swim against the political current and therefore

Drinking Club and Schall

The temperature was mild and skies sunny. I couldn't resist the temptation to hit the drinking club. Leaving the office at 3:30, I took a folder of work and sat on the patio with a tall Oberon. I only worked for about 20 minutes, but I drank