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Eric Scheske

Little Commodities

B16 had some words yesterday [http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6604] that hit pretty close to my thoughts about the childless and near-childless: > The Pope opined that “the lack of such creative and forward-looking love is the reason why many couples today choose not to

Shaving Update

On Monday, I mentioned a claim that shaving cream is a racket [https://thedailyeudemon.com/4429/] and that a man just needs warm water, after he first toughens up his skin a bit. Well, I put my face on the line all week, and the results are in: the claim

TAC

The new American Conservative [http://www.amconmag.com/] arrived today. It looks like a good one (note: no links to the articles are available yet): A review of The Brothers Bulger [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446576514/thedailyeudem-20]. For me, it's a great example of

The Weekend Eudemon

More great weather. It's been a stunning spring so far. But if the recent pattern holds, it means we're heading for a dismal late spring or summer. Consider: We got hit real hard with snow and cold in November and December. Come January, things got incredibly

Friday Humor

Some bad ones to use at the bar tonight: A man walks into a bar holding a slab of asphalt and says, "A beer please, and one for the road." A neutron walks into a bar and asks for a beer. The bartender says, "For you, no

Chesterton and Friends

Two great posts at Chesterton and Friends [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/] these past two days. Belloc fans and fans of old newspapers: See Thursday's post.

Brews You Can Use III and Half and Half

> Reuters reports ice cream makers Ben & Jerry's have apologized for causing offense by calling a new flavor “Black & Tan” - the nickname of a notoriously violent British militia that operated during Ireland's war of independence. > The ice cream, available only in the United

Brews You Can Use II

I missed a good beer story in the WSJ. Fortunately, the best beer site in the hops world covered it [http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=142]. Excerpts: > From 1950 to 2004, the amount of malt used to brew a barrel of beer in the U.S. declined by

On Cleverness

During my morning surfing, I ran across this great quote from Rochefoucald [https://thedailyeudemon.com/2066/]: "It takes great cleverness to be able to conceal one's cleverness." Hence, the urbane subtlety of this blog. I'm so clever, you probably don't even know

Brews You Can Use

Bless the brewers: > Czech brewers are working to create a beer that would counter the discomforts of menopause [http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-002908.php]. > The low-calorie, low-alcohol beer being developed by the Prague-based Research Institute of Brewing and Malting contains heightened levels