Eric Scheske

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Wednesday

From the Notebooks The examples of Russia's tendency to absorb other cultures are numerous. The earliest years of Russian history show an influence from Finnish races, steppe peoples, the Greeks, Persia, and the Vikings. Ibid. at 5. After Prince Vladimir's baptism in 988, Russia became heavily

Tuesday

Miscellaneous Rambling When I was in high school, my friends and I went on a Whopper kick. We would sometimes get two Whoppers each. They got theirs with triple ketchup, which was absolutely disgusting, but we were all kind of pigs. Needless to say, my Whopper days are history. Or

Monday

Miscellaneous Rambling Way to go, Tiger! I'm not a huge golf fan, but I follow the Majors: The Masters, the PGA, the US Open, the British Open. And this is one of the best golf stories ever. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was kind of blown away by

In Honor of Today's Epic Sporting Event

> 16 USC Â§5305a makes it a federal crime to attempt to sell a product derived from a tiger. > — A Crime a Day (@CrimeADay) April 14, 2019 [https://twitter.com/CrimeADay/status/1117498465892933634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Wow

> Benedict XVI spoke the truth. God bless him for it. Truth always harms the stratagems of ambiguity and mendacity. https://t.co/3m9BzPSMpc > — Patrick Madrid âœŒðŸ¼ (@patrickmadrid) April 13, 2019 [https://twitter.com/patrickmadrid/status/1117156676879171584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]

Friday

Brews You Can Use Alright, my last BYCU of the Lenten season. Good Friday is obviously a poor day to celebrate drinking, and it's not like I want to start priming all of your drinking pumps on Holy Thursday or Saturday. That being said, I'm often

Thursday

> When asked by @tedcruz [https://twitter.com/tedcruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] if a quote by Mother Teresa was "hate speech," two Public Policy Directors from Facebook and Twitter were left speechless for 12 SECONDS. > When Twitter's director spoke up, he tried to dodge

Wednesday

I'm kind of stunned by this video: But I'm not stunned for the reason stated by lifesite news: "Fr. Larry Richards condemns parents of large, daily mass going families." I don't think he is. I think he is singling out one family

Tuesday

More Miscellaneous Rambling A few interesting tidbits from Reddit's "Today I Learned" feature: "TIL Mount Everest is so inundated with waste, including 26,500 lbs of human excrement, each season that the Nepalese gov't now requires each climber to pack out 8 kg

Monday

Miscellaneous Rambling New episode posted: California [https://www.eudemonpodcast.com/the-weekly-eudemon/2019/4/5/california]: LA, Santa Monica, Malibu, Ventura, San Simeon, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Soledad, Altadena, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, Venice Beach, Anaheim: The entire podcast episode is dedicated to California. Well, the entire podcast, minus a few detours. Youtube