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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

The Weekend Eudemon

Mellow weekend. Just the way I like 'em. I walked uptown with my 9-year-old to the bookstore after work yesterday. We took the 2-year-old and 10-month-old, too. While checking out, the cash register wouldn't accept my gift certificate for some reason.

Brews You Can Use V

Well, it's brews you can use, if you have a daughter who likes to drink: > A judge who sentenced three teenagers to probation threw them in jail after he saw them ridiculing him and drinking alcohol on a Web site [http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?

Brews You Can Use IV

> Japanese beer maker Asahi plans to give away 5000 personal bartending bots, each of which can store up to six cans of beer in a refrigerated compartment within its belly. At the push of a button the simple robots will open a can and pour the chilled contents into

Reefer Madness

The cult classic is available at Google Video. Just click here [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1714653651063948142&q=reefer+madness] and watch. Kinda funny.

Being In Love

> To be madly in love might be exactly that–madness. The term “lovesick” is surprisingly accurate, claims a cover story in this month's National Geographic magazine, citing research published over the last several years. > People experiencing romantic love have a chemical profile in their brains similar

Celebrating Gluttony

Where sin isn't condemned, it is celebrated. Eight people ordered and ate a 100-paddy burger, with cheese [http://whatupwilly.blogspot.com/2006/01/in-n-out-100x100.html]. The story is flying around the Internet now. It's a kid thing, and relatively harmless as far

Fessio Revises

Fr. Joseph Fessio earlier said that B16 doesn't believe Islam can be reformed. It raised a lot of eyebrows (though I tend to agree with such a belief). Fessio has modified his statement [http://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=45185&eng=y]. Earlier post [https:

Brews You Can Use III. Got Beer?

This marketing blogger says there might be a movement afoot to start a "beer is good" campaign [http://raybacon.blogspot.com/2006/01/beer-brotherhood.html], in order to take back the recent market share gains by spirits and wine. The blogger's biggest question: can the

Brews You Can Use II

Send me a water cooler full: > Lady Bird Bio Beer contains aloe vera and medicinal herbs. B. Srinivasa Amarnath claims it has a variety of benefits, starting with fewer hangovers. Recent stories also state the beer can alleviate conditions ranging from asthma to arthritis. > Amarnath previously said that

Brews You Can Use

Looking for breweries and brewpubs in your area? [http://beermapping.com/us-brewery-map/]