Eric Scheske

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Fear and Trembling

Is 2007 the year of the puritan devil? I'm a little scared. Here's the deal: During January, I have drank beer or wine six times, anywhere from two to five drinks. Each time, I woke up the next morning with a hangover. Nothing nasty, just a

Global Warming to Elvis

Drudge this morning has links about a new global warming study that comes out Friday [http://www.drudgereport.com/]. If people don't believe the scientists, it's the scientists fault for cranking out so much hokum the past 50 or more years. The ordinary people who buy

Miscellaneous Eudemon

Odd feast day today: The Conversion of St. Paul. It's odd because it's an event. The major feasts (Christmas, Easter, etc.) are also events, but most non-obligatory feast days are saint feast days (St. John, St. Thomas, St. John Kennedy [for my Boston readers], etc.). Wrote

The Wednesday Eudemon

There's some pretty good stuff out there this morning: Microsoft has been caught trying to pay a blogger to edit its Wikipedia entry [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070123/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_wikipedia]. It's no crime, and there are no allegations that the

Retirement to Sharks

Sadness in the golden years [http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/retirement/2007-01-22-senior-debt-usat_x.htm?csp=34] : > Retirement used to be a time for people to enjoy life without a mortgage or high credit card bills, a time when heavy debts were mostly a thing of the past. Increasingly,

The Weekend Eudemon

Off to the drinking club last night with Marie for drinks and dinner. While there, we also sold a few Mardi Gras tickets for our children's upcoming parochial school Mardi Gras party. Then we came home for a family movie night. A pleasant evening, but Saturday morning feels

The Wednesday Eudemon

Long day at the office yesterday, followed by two tall ones at the drinking club, then home to watch the American Idol season premier. I told the guys at the drinking club that I had to head home to watch AI, and they said I was violating a man law.

The Weekend Eudemon

What do a Michigan State student and an Ohio State student have in common? They both applied to the University of Michigan. With that, you know where I stand on today's game, which arguably has the best "credentials" of all time: big-time rivalry [http://library.osu.

The Tuesday Morning Eudemon

Those crazy Wiccans: > The widows of two combat veterans sued the government Monday for not allowing Wiccan symbols on their husbands' military headstones. > The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs allows military families to choose any of 38 authorized headstone images. The list includes commonly recognized symbols

The Friday Eudemon

Groggy morning. The drinking club held its biggest fundraiser of the year last night. I went out early to sit on the deck, quaff a tall one, and enjoy a 68-degree day while overlooking the lake. Fortunately, I didn't stay late, but I'm still paying a