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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

On Civil Unions

I've never written about gay civil unions on this site, mainly because I don't have a firm opinion. But Rob in the Comments has asked me about civil unions and taking the state out of marriage, so I'll try to articulate my thoughts here.

A Mundane Topic

You ever wonder why lawyers bill like they do (e.g., by the hour, by the phone call, etc) and are reluctant to give away free advice, even to friends? I've spent a lot of time agonizing over billing practices, contemplating billable time, and attending seminars on billing

The New Atheists

One of the best pieces I've seen on the new atheists is a blog post at Fox News. Check it out [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308183,00.html]. Excerpts: > The anti-God movement involves vacuuming the world of the outrageous idea – yes, that slavish,

Tuesday Trifles

And when we're done huffing this crap, we'll drink the bong water [http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/jenkem.asp]. Freaks. Smoking Gun story on same topic [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/1105072jenkem1.html] . . . . A Mesa woman was arrested Saturday after police said she

Mass Length and Sundry Other

21. That's the number of clocks in my house. Ten of them re-set themselves automatically (computers, cell phones, and my clock radio), but the others required reaches and ladders, and one is a finer clock that can't be wound backwards. A small cross, this daylight

Something for Sunday Morning

"Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor." St. Aelred of Rievaulx

A Leno

"The Atlanta International Airport is now considering shorter flushes in its bathrooms to help cope with the drought. Shorter flushes on their toilets. Or as Sen. Larry Craig calls that, speed dating."

Something for Saturday

"In the presence of the Gospel, Nietzsche's immediate and profound reaction was--it must be admitted--jealousy. It does not seem to me that Nietzsche's work can be really understood without allowing for that feeling. Nietzsche was jealous of Christ, jealous to the point of

Brews You Can Use

This ongoing craze escaped my notice: pumpkin beer craze [http://www.kansascity.com/food/story/338950.html]. > Although the colonists, including President George Washington, made pumpkin beer, the seasonal brew essentially disappeared from brewers' repertoire. It wasn't until 1986 that Bill Owens, owner of Buffalo Bill&

Recovering

I feel a lot better today, but I'm still moving slowly and using all free time for sleep. I managed to take my children out for two of their four rounds of trick-or-treating last night. I had hoped to break the thousand mark, but fell shy.