Eric Scheske

Significant (Nestorian) Christian presence in China by 700 AD? Interesting stuff in the current issue of Touchstone [http://touchstonemag.com:80/archives/article.php?id=20-03-030-f]. Hats off to these renegades: Just as speakeasies arose in the 1920s, smoke-easies are beginning to crop up in this new age of prohibition

Abbreviated blogging today. My computer has been pulled, awaiting a replacement. I have computer access, but it's not as efficient as my regular computer. The new issue of Books & Culture arrived. The cover story: Mt. Athos [http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2007/002/4.16.html]. Very

The Greeks knew acoustics, too [http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070319/full/070319-16.html]. Pretty wild. Courtesy of LewRockwell [http://www.lewrockwell.com/]. Excerpt: > Its acoustics are extraordinary: a performer standing on the open-air stage can be heard in the back rows almost 60 metres away. Architects and

Susan Sontag once described a polymath as someone who is interested in everything and nothing else. I'm not a polymath, but I'm interested in all sorts of things. Occasionally, I even take an interest in art and architecture, so I found this opinion piece [http://www.

I'm looking for hip Catholic blogs. What do I mean by hip? Hard to say, but here are a few catch words: beatniks, jazz music, James Dean, Elvis, Dennis Hopper, Avant-garde, Pabst Blue Ribbon, White Castle. . . . unconventional. I realize the idea of "hip Catholic" is at

I took my ten stomach staples and wife out to the drinking club late yesterday afternoon. Yup, that's me: too ill to work but well enough to drink. My Uncle Joe is in town. I used to see him anywhere from four to 100 times a year (I

Still tender, but getting stronger every day. My posting is still a bit weak, but I'm able to pound on the keys a little bit more. Baby Tess turns two today. I tried to hold her, but the staples in my gut started screaming, so I put her

> "Mr. Scheske, wake up. Wake up, Mr. Scheske." > "Wha, oh, ow, what the? Ouch. Oh, ow." > "A lot of pain?" > "Oh, yeah, oh. Ouch, ouch." > "The carbon dioxide gas they used to blow up your stomach