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Eric Scheske

Speed III

I don't usually reproduce human interest stories for the heck of it, but I am this time. Incredible . . . and scary: > A motorist was trapped in his car driving at almost 130mph for 60 miles after the accelerator jammed. > Kevin Nicolle, 25, was unable to stop the

Comic Novels

Roger Kimball writes about his favorite comic novels [http://www.opinionjournal.com/weekend/fivebest/?id=110008077]: 1. "Leave It to Psmith" by P.G. Wodehouse 2. "Scoop" by Evelyn Waugh 3. "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" by Eric Hodgins 4. "Lucky Jim&

Poor Garry

The formidable Edward T. Oakes takes apart Garry Wills [http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0603/reviews/oakes.html], though he praises much of his most-recent book. The entire article is worth reading, though I particularly enjoyed this passage from the conclusion: > One finishes this occasionally illuminating book wondering

The Weekend Eudemon

It's birthday weekend. And it's not just any birthday weekend: I turn 40 on Monday. I read once that you spend the first 40 years of your life developing the virtues and habits that will control the next 40 years of your life. If that'

Brews You Can Use II

Actually, this is "Brews I'm Glad I Don't Need to Use": > Another gluten-free beer becomes available in April. Bard's Tale initially will be sold in 11 states, and company co-founder Craig Belser hopes to be nationwide in 12 to

Brews You Can Use

From the Red Stripe label:

PSA

Sorry that the blogging has been light. I got pulled into a nursing home for a rush estate planning job, and I have other fires to put out. I'll plan on posting some Brews You Can Use later this afternoon, at about the time that I'll

Rothbard on the Mafia

Murray Rothbard, nut or first-rate thinker? He's probably both, and I mean that in a good way. His essays might have the lowest thought-to-word ratios (one thought provoked by X number words) ever. Quite the unique and powerful thinker. Among other things, Rothbard liked the

Video Johns Squirming

Heeee Hawwww! This is funny: > Seventeen million customers of the online payment service iBill have had their personal information released onto the internet, where it's been bought and sold in a black market made up of fraud artists and spammers, security experts say. > The stolen data,

"Hey, Noah"

Discovered: Noah's Ark? [http://www.livescience.com/history/060309_the_ark.html] I express no opinion, but it's fun.