Eric Scheske

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Thursday

Miscellaneous Rambling Why should the Catholic clergy have all the fun: "One of China's highest-ranking Buddhist monks quit as the head of the country's Buddhist association on Wednesday after facing a government investigation over accusations of sexual misconduct [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-harassment-religion/buddhist-monk-master-in-china-resigns-after-sexual-misconduct-allegations-idUSKBN1L00HR]

Wednesday

Hump Day Wednesday, Sorry for the Pun Another priest abuse scandal. Possibly the biggest. I've read only two articles about it so I'm hardly an expert, but this caught my eye: the only victim I saw quoted was 13 when the abuse occurred. For TDE readers

Tuesday

More Miscellaneous Rambling A friend sent an email of college football quotes. Among them: "I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation." Bob Devaney. Devaney coached those legendary national championship teams

Monday

Miscellaneous Rambling Monday the 13th is worse than Friday the 13th. Just realized: I passed the 10,000-post mark a few weeks ago. Cheers to TDE. Of course, I have probably passed only the 500th good-post mark. Speaking of milestones: This Friday marks my and Marie's wedding anniversary.

Saturday

Abbie (eldest daughter) moved to Boston and is spending this weekend in New York. She was at Ellis Island. She sent me this picture, asking if this is why I rail against big government: I said, "Yup." Such mutual aid societies require people to work with each other,

Thursday

Bullets *Strange gardening story: 150-year-old tomato seeds found in old outhouse [https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/12/exchange-150-year-old-tomato-seeds-unearthed/] (they passed through Abe Lincoln contemporaries' digestive tracks). They still germinate. This picture [https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/95pcih/modern_tomato_vs_one_grown_from_150yo_seeds/

Wednesday

Midweek Rambling This article [http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/01/seinfelds-comedians-cars-welcome-respite-insufferable-wokeness-comedy/] does a pretty good job of summarizing why I like Jerry Seinfeld's charmingly-mundane Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee. It's not calculating in any way: it's not at all political, which is very nice

Tuesday

Miscellaneous Rambling Great episode of Econtalk came out recently: Frank Dikotter on Mao's Great Famine [http://www.econtalk.org/frank-dikotter-on-maos-great-famine/]. The idiocy and devilishness of central planning is on full display, from efforts to kill all the sparrows who are eating the grains (and thereby leading to a

Monday

Miscellaneous Rambling Like every working adult, I suppose, I live in quest of the perfect group of days. Days filled with a reasonable amount of work, un-rushed time for exercise and prayer, and leftover time for extracurriculars (in my case, gardening, reading, and hanging out with my kids). This, of

Saturday

Ah, okay, I think I can accept it now: "Death Penalty Still Permissible For People Who Drive Slowly In The Left Lane, Pope Francis Clarifies." > The decision has angered some conservative Catholics, who favor applying the death penalty in wider circumstances. “What about that guy who brings