Eric Scheske

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Holidays

Wednesday

Black Wednesday Ah, yes. Black Wednesday. Retailers get out of the red and into the black on Friday. Today, their bar-owning brethren get into the black first. "Thanksgiving Eve, or Black Wednesday, is as strong as ever as one of the biggest bar nights of the year. 'There&

Tuesday

The War Season I don't like the Christmas Wars. Actually, it's more accurate to say that I don't like to stoop into the muck to fight them. But I'm glad some people out there are doing the dirty work, like the American

January 1

The New Year I rang in the new year with my brothers and friends at the Drinking Club . . . until 8:00, then went home and took a short nap, ate pizza, helped clean up the mess from having a dozen kids in the house all afternoon and evening, watched a

Spooky Post

Sexy Halloween If you haven't heard, Halloween is number two. At almost $7 billion a year in sales, Americans are spending more on Halloween than on any other holiday except Christmas. Want a 2-foot-tall zombie that pulls off its head? You can get it for $100. A gory

No Blogging Saturday

Enjoyable evening yesterday: weather warm, nice night for children. But allow me the annual rant: It's Halloween, the children's favorite holiday after Christmas. TURN YOUR LIGHTS ON AND HAND OUT $4 WORTH OF CANDY! At least half the houses on our route didn't hand

Holiday Eudemon

I took my third vacation of the summer. This time, a quick 3 day/4 night trip to Alpena, Michigan. It's an annual jaunt, blogged about here [https://thedailyeudemon.com/5631/] last summer. We normally go for a week, but I simply couldn't spare that much

Father's Day Weekend

The f-word holiday weekend: Flag Day and Father's Day. I don't have a whole lot of plans. Some time at the office, some time at the baseball diamond (of course). I will also thrash my kids mercilessly until they concede that Father's Day is

The Memorial Day Weekend Eudemon

A good weekend, indeed. Marie took six of the seven way up north to "Bird Camp," a weekend of bird watching and enjoying the great outdoors. It's one of her family's three summer traditions. It's equally part of the tradition that I

NY Eve Eudemon

This year's Times Square ball: __________ My most-recent at Catholic Exchange: Blessed Are the Flexible [http://www.catholicexchange.com/node/68534]. __________ My apologies, but the holidays are keeping me from full-blown blogging. I'm back in town now, but other commitments are keeping me hoppin'.

Stephen and Christmas

When I was a kid, I was always depressed Christmas night and the day after, with my spirits gradually lightening as the new year approached. I don't get depressed anymore, not at all. It's odd, though: I intensely look forward to Christmas for a month, then