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Eric Scheske

The Easter Swallows

Regular readers of this blog will realize this is a first: an endorsement/review of a children's book. Goodness knows, I've read more children's books than Mr. Rogers, but I typically find they're something to be endured, like a dirty diaper or

Monday Monday

300 is getting people mad. Pretty funny stuff. From the NY Times: [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/opinion/18stephenson.html?ex=1331870400&en=8868294e84b071d9&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss] > All of the good guys are white people and many of the bad

Something for Sunday Morning

"Who can be poor if he does not desire, if he does not crave for the possessions of others, if he is rich towards God?" Minucius Felix

The Weekend Eudemon

NCAA Tournament and beer. That was Friday afternoon, sitting around at the drinking club, watching my alma mater, Notre Dame, take a beating from a Winthrop team that should've been seeded much higher. ND came back from a 20-point deficit, but they did it at the price

The Busied Eudemon

Time-strapped days seem to come in waves. Last night: High school orientation with my son. Today: Pre-op (gall bladder comes out next week), oil change, trip to the cell phone provider to get a new phone (my son's was stolen last week), and then maybe I&

Late Night

Not much blogging this morning. I was up late with friends and family, auctioning off NCAA tournament teams. Each guy buys teams and earns back money for each win (all for charity, of course). We've been doing it for fifteen years and it's one of my

The Wednesday Eudemon

It was 2:00 p.m, sunny and 70. Work was a little slow (one of the only lulls I've had in the past four years). And it was my birthday. So I blew out of the office yesterday and drove home, heading down Walker Avenue with Sammy

Leno

Man, Leno was apparently on fire last night: > Did you see all those people protesting while President Bush was in Latin America? Bush hasn't had that many people shouting "Gringo go home!” since his last trip to L.A. > Thirty towns in Vermont have voted

Hodgepodge Tuesday

Tolkien is publishing another book. It's about Hurin's children (Turin Turambar and Nienor, I assume). Kind of surprising. The Silmarillion already contains a lot of detail about Turin. No matter. I'm looking forward to it. From the April issue of The Atlantic Monthly [http:

Slow Monday

Gorgeous weekend here in southwest Michigan. Fifties and sunny, and we celebrated my birthday. I declared yesterday "The Day of Eric" and sat outside and read most of the day, taking time out to play a little football and baseball with the kids and to sleep. We held