Eric Scheske

In response to my post about Timothy Leary [https://thedailyeudemon.com/4753/], one of my most knowledgeable and intellectually-reliable readers wrote to me: > I tend to doubt the rendering of McLuhan's advice, but I don't doubt that he was sympathetic to the psychedelic cause. Many

A reader took sympathy on my lack of beer news this week and sent along the following: > It's been said that chestnuts are "grains that grow on trees." This statement is certainly true for one mid-Michigan brewer, who has taken locally grown edible chestnuts and

A curious drinking song [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/06/curious-drinking-song-for-your-weekend.html] from one of my favorite Belloc books.

Beer and banjo. Never thought of it, but it's a great combination: Not much beer news out there this week. Whatta bummer. Vacation is calling, so I was in a brews news mood. I'll get over it. It might take a six pack, but I'

Budweiser tanks at the World Cup [http://beerblog.genx40.com/archives/2006/june/budbombingatthe]: > US mega brewer Anheuser-Busch has obtained the exclusive rights to sell the beer at the World Cup in Germany. Reports from across the sea have it that the move to only sell a thin bubbly

An assortment from the web: I mentioned ISI Books' catalogue. The new Ignatius Press catalogue looks good, too [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/06/ignatius-friends.html], according to the Chesterton and Friends blog (you might recognize the blogger's first name). Mahatma Gandhi's views on human

Today's the big day: My wife's first garage sale in about eight years. Our house was bursting with toys, clothes, and other stuff, much of it pretty good, but we didn't need it and I was getting tired of twisting my body through the

While doing a little channel surfing last night, I watched ten minutes of The Colbert Report [http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/index.jhtml] (my sons' baseball game was rained out, thus blessing me with a little free time). I was dumbfounded. I've never seen

A rugby team made up at least partially of New York firefighters forfeited a game to a gay rugby team. Link [http://outsports.com/local/2006/0621gotham.htm]. The story isn't well-written, but it appears that one of the FDNY guys approached the gay team and asked if

Even the New York Times has taken notice of ISI Books' American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/21/books/21conserve.html?_r=1&oref=slogin]. It's a pretty even-handed treatment, from what I can tell: > "We've gone from