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Eric Scheske

The Weekend Eudemon

Nice weekend so far. I chatted with Lino Rulli on Sirius Radio from 4:20 to 4:40, then met my wife, parents, and friends at the drinking club for two tall glasses of Anchor Stream on tap. We ate dinner there, then rented The Illusionist [http://www.imdb.com/

At TCS

I just published a piece with Tech Central Station about multi-tasking with the cell phone [http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=012207D], using my experience and Marshall McLuhan. Those interested in McLuhan (and maybe some others) might find it interesting. Excerpt: > I like multitasking, if it'

The Drinking Eudemon

Catholic Exchange has one of my favorite articles up this morning. "Three Degrees of the Sporting Life [http://www.catholicexchange.com/en/node/9540]." > I am glutton and gluttony is me. > I know, gluttony is one of the deadly sins. Gluttony and its sibling sins (lust,

Miscellaneous Eudemon

Odd feast day today: The Conversion of St. Paul. It's odd because it's an event. The major feasts (Christmas, Easter, etc.) are also events, but most non-obligatory feast days are saint feast days (St. John, St. Thomas, St. John Kennedy [for my Boston readers], etc.

Tom Cruise Kills Oprah

Funny but very short YouTube video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrzIaRwAMvc&eurl=].

The Wednesday Eudemon

There's some pretty good stuff out there this morning: Microsoft has been caught trying to pay a blogger to edit its Wikipedia entry [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070123/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_wikipedia]. It's no crime, and there are no allegations that the

Well, Then Let's Crucify Him

> [Scientologist leader] David Miscavige believes that in future, Cruise, 44, will be worshipped like Jesus for his work to raise awareness of the religion. > A source close to the actor, who has risen to one of the church's top levels, said: “Tom has been told he

Retirement to Sharks

Sadness in the golden years [http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/retirement/2007-01-22-senior-debt-usat_x.htm?csp=34] : > Retirement used to be a time for people to enjoy life without a mortgage or high credit card bills, a time when heavy debts were mostly a

Up and At 'Em Monday

Monday mornin', and I'm anxious to get to work. It was a frustrating weekend. I had nearly no obligations, but the whole weekend slipped away from me. I had about four writing projects to work on, and I only got a start on two of them. I

Something for Sunday Morning

"The Church, with its sacraments and Bible and lives of the saints and devotions and church buildings, is like a huge bank of grace, where each person has a deposit of a billion dollars. Unfortunately, most of us only withdraw about 75 cents." Deacon Larry Kasuboski (rough quote)