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Eric Scheske

The Wednesday Eudemon

I saved the best for second: Mark Steyn's obituary in The Atlantic Monthly. It's the best regular feature in the magazine, and in the December issue he has cranked out his best one: funny, anecdote-filled, disconcerting, with a Catholic kicker at the end. It's

The Tuesday Eudemon

The Atlantic Monthly came yesterday. All sorts of good stuff. The issue revolves around the most influential Americans of all time [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200612/influentials-main]. There's the top 100, plus a bunch of sidebar articles on the most influential poets, filmmakers, etc. A few great

The Moanin' Eudemon

Ah, my favorite weekend of the year has ended. Most sad indeed. But I have Cyber Monday to perk me up. Today is the one of the biggest online shopping days of the year. People go to their offices and shop online. I think I'll pass. I have

Something for Sunday Morning

Marriage implies the negation of self, and the negation of self is an invitation to God. When married, the individuals are no longer two, but are one flesh. Mt. 19:6. The self-centeredness that is the essence of the flesh is, by the very act of marriage, crippled. The self-interest

The Weekend Eudemon

Ah, peaceful Saturday morning. It is the Saturday of Eric (not to be confused with the Summer of George [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Summer_of_George_(Seinfeld_episode)], but dang close to the same thing). What's on my schedule today? Blog, buy a CD organizer, read,

The Black Eudemon

Yes, a black eudemon. It's not my effort at multi-culturalism. It's a simple recognition of a day that has grabbed America and continues to puzzle me: Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, the biggest shopping day of the year, shin-bleeding day. I understand a little better

A Thankful Eudemon

It's been a very good year. For that matter, it's been a very good life, and I think it's because things didn't go as planned. I live in a small town: not NYC, where I had planned on living (my girlfriend turned

The Pre-Holiday Eudemon

The Thanksgiving celebration starts early. My brother arrived from Mississippi last night. I go to a client's this afternoon for food and drink. I meet family and friends at the honky tonk later this afternoon. It's my favorite secular day of the year. I'll

Light Tuesday

Another late evening for me, and there's not much blogging material out there. I found this humorous, though [http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/November/theworld_November666.xml&section=theworld] : > A spurned Malaysian woman is taking legal action against her former lover,

Monday Mornin' Eudemon

Light fare today. I went to Casino Royale last night. Good movie, but long. Fully modernized: spy-like use of cell phones; siliconed women; hard-body Bonds; Texas Hold 'Em, not Baccarat; Terrorists, not Kremlin agents; M a female, not male. If I had to do it over, I'd