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Eric Scheske

Friday

Today, we celebrate American Catholicism's coming of age: it's the memorial of St. John Neumann: > John lived in Bohemia until he came to America in 1836. Having already completed his studies, he was ordained soon after he arrived. He was a parish priest in Buffalo

Rockin' Dante

Too good to wait until tomorrow [http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2121673.ece]: > The Vatican has challenged purist Roman Catholics by disclosing plans for a daring rock, punk and jazz opera version of Dante's Divine Comedy with a soundtrack written by an avant-garde priest.

Abbreviated Eudemon

A short eudemon this morning. My wife and I took the five oldest kids to Night at the Museum [http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1809266172&cf=info] last night, so I got to bed later than usual and therefore have less time for blogging this

The Wednesday Eudemon

Back to a full-blown grind. The office exploded yesterday with work. It was a good feeling. The seven mouths aren't getting any cheaper to feed. I referenced to the clerihew two days ago. One regular reader and blogger has tried her hand at the craft [http://mreitemeyer.

The Days of Darkness

The Christmas season still plows forward, but the real world returns in earnest. I kinda feel like I'm waking from a dream, and the nightmare Rose Bowl loss to USC yesterday doesn't help. It's the Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen.

Happy New Year

Welcome to 2007. A fresh year that doesn't feel too different. In previous years, I've always felt like things would be a little different, maybe a lot different. I found the new year exciting. This year, I don't, and I don't know

Something for Sunday Morning

> Secular things can be adapted to holy ends. New Year's resolutions are a great example. Anonymous

The Weekend Eudemon

Online opportunities continue to escape me. A few short items this morning: Interesting fact that sounds familiar but wasn't in the forefront of my consciousness: The Dead Sea is in some places 1,500 feet deep. Its bottom is the deepest natural hole in the earth, measuring about

A Short Brewing Eudemon

I warned you that a few posts would be short between Christmas and New Years. Today's is one of the briefest: Flying Dog Brewery [http://www.flyingdogales.com/default.asp] is sponsoring a contest: Name their seasonal summer ale (a Belgian white). The winner gets a free trip

Holy Innocents and a Funny Drunk

> In Ramah is heard the sound of moaning, of bitter weeping! Rachel mourns her children, she refuses to be consoled because her children are no more. Jeremiah 31:15 St. Stephen, the first martyr, has his feast day on December 26th. Today, it's the feast of the