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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Monday Miscellany

Don't live here: Dhaka, Bangladesh; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Shanghai and Tianjin in China; Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt; Mumbai and Kolkata in India; Jakarta, Indonesia; Tokyo and Osaka-Kobe in Japan; Lagos, Nigeria; Karachi, Pakistan; Bangkok, Thailand, and New York and Los Angeles. [http:

Something for Sunday Morning

"No one should be so active as not to seek the contemplation of God." St. Augustine

Something for Saturday

I don't know if I'm proud or embarrassed, but the description ain't unfair, though "one of the literati" is a stretch (ain't never read much of Melville or Conrad or a host of other of them fundermental reads): What Kind

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

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