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Eric Scheske

Welborn on Sopranos

Amy understands fiction, and she has done a good job of breaking down last night's final episode of The Sopranos. [http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/2007/06/cut_to_black.html#more] She dismisses Kathryn Lopez's explanation [http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmFmNDA0MTkxY2I0NDM5MjdjOTA0Yzc1OWNhYTkzYTc=] (to wit,

Picture Monday

Not a lot of time for blogging today. I watched the final episode of The Sopranos last night. It stunk. This blogger (widely considered one of the most insightful of Soprano experts) liked it [http://blog.nj.com/ledgerentertainment/2007/06/dont_stop_believing.html], but I thought it was

Something for Sunday Morning

> We must nourish a great love for God and our neighbors; a strong love, an ardent love, a love that burns away imperfections, a love that gently bears an act of impatience, or a bitter word, a love that lets an inadvertence or act of neglect pass without comment,

The Weekend Eudemon

I haven't read much about the Paris Hilton ordeal (one story and 192 headlines), and I'm not going to add to the drollery here, except simply to add: Despite my disgust for Paris Hilton, I always had a hunch that, underneath the whoredom, there was a

Ignorance, Tigers, and Brews You Can Use

I watched one of the scariest TV programs ever last night: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader [http://fox.com/areyousmarter/]? The level of ignorance in our country is astounding (but see my speculation below). Last night featured a high school history teacher, a "rocket scientist," and

Thursday Hits

You know you're getting old when you get excited about the sleeping weather, but, man, that was good sleeping weather last night: 55 degrees, strong wind blowing in. I could've out-slept Rip Van Winkle. __________ The Canutes suffered a setback yesterday [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.

The Wednesday Eudemon

Why do they wear green jackets at Augusta National? A writer for Golf Digest thinks it might be the result of Bobby Jones' conversion to Catholicism and love of G.K. Chesterton. Check out the story here [http://golfdigest.com/search/index.ssf?/majors/masters/gw20070330whygreen.html] . Excerpt: >

The Tuesday Eudemon

I have little time for blogging (up late partying with IRS Private Letter Rulings). Just a few things: I find it amusing that people in my demographic (middle age, middle class) grump at teenagers for blaring their car stereos. The bouncing rap car that's gone in 45 seconds

Monday Miscellany

The travel season starts soon. Instead of posting Public Service Announcements about when I'll be gone, I'm just going to pre-program my posts. The posts will be sundry passages from my reading and short essays that aren't tied to any current events or news

Something for Sunday Morning

"Do not be swept away by temper, nor by sluggish speaking, nor nervous in movement. May your bearing appear something divine and sacred." St. Clement of Alexandria