Eric Scheske

My life gets more exciting tonight: the first real college football bowl game. The San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl [http://www.holidaybowl.com/poinsettiabowl.htm]. Northern Illinois v. TCU. The whole bowl concept, of course, is out of hand: 32 games this year, which means 64 teams go

"For while all things were in quiet silence and the night was in the midst of her course, the almighty word leapt down from heaven from thy royal throne . . ." Wisdom Chp. XVIII. > The passage, brimming with the mystery of the Incarnation, is wondrously expressive of the infinite

This morning, it's the commando eudemon. Baby Tess (21 months) came into our bed and wasn't going back to sleep. I can't sleep much past 6:00, so I was itching to get up. My wife pulled Tess to her side, and I slid

Light blog today. Tis the season . . . to move two pool tables into friends's basements. A hernia and backache later, the pool tables are in the basements, never to come back up. When I got home, I showered and decided to read a little St. John of the Cross,

Get ready for more Muslim protests: Benedict XVI warns that peace becomes a mirage when the dignity of woman is not fully respected [http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=99796]. A clear shot at Muslim thinking, no? Thing is, I suspect it'll perplex Muslims. "Was

Rough morning. My stomach hurts a little and I'm coughing a bit. I hope it doesn't develop into anything that really hurts. We'll see. This made me feel better: "The Vatican has upheld a 1996 excommunication decree issued by Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz in