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Eric Scheske

Swamped

Out of the vacation frying pan and into the work fire. I'm swamped at the office and have no time for blogging. A few quick things: For those who missed it, Amy Welborn closed Open Book [http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/]. Quite shocking. She brought in nearly 4,

Hate Metric? Hate Bonds?

Over at Chesterton and Friends [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2007/08/summer-slow-down.html], the editor of Gilbert Magazine, Sean Dailey, made the following observation about the metric system: > The metric system was developed by French Enlightenment dullards and is tailor-made for athiests: none of the measurements are divisible by

The Return Eudemon

My paternal grandfather came to the United States in 1913, before WWI and the Bolsheviks taking over. He came from a German colony in Russia. He floated into Baltimore, then went to Cleveland, learned the trade of a tool and die maker, and moved to Detroit and worked non-stop during

Something for Sunday Morning

"Arrogance and boldness belong to those who are accursed of God." St. Clement I of Rome

Something Religious for Saturday Morning

Good Christians are many, if it weren't for all those people: the whiners, the manipulators, the crooks, the liars, the heretics, the greedy. But Christ put up with all of them and remained sinless. The Bible recounts the disciples's buffoonery and selfishness, yet Christ communed with

A Writer's Random Thought

There is an amiable muse and a mordant muse. I'm not sure which should be indulged more. The amiable muse is more edifying; the mordant muse, more entertaining.

Thursday's Random Thought

Simone Weil once wrote, "In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention." If multi-tasking cripples the power of attention, does it also cripple humility, the first of the virtues, and its close sibling, concern for the other?

A Random Thought

Every unkind thought reflects a defect in my soul, which is connected to my mind, which is connected to my brain. Therefore, how can I ever be sure that my unkind thought is accurate? And if I'm not sure it's accurate, shouldn't I keep

A Jesuit Celebration

Some of you may have guessed that my computer access is limited this week (the different style of posts is your hint), but I wanted to take a moment and pass along this email from a reader: > July 31st is the feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of

The Disco Scene?

I couldn't help it. When I read this passage from The New Book of Lists, I immediately thought of the vertical foreplay in American discos circa 1978: > Hippos have their own form of aromatherapy. They attract mates by marking territory, urinating and defecating at the same time.