Eric Scheske

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Snope It

Snopes is one of my "go to" sites. Reader's Digest tells Snopes' story [http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/rumor-detectives-true-story-or-online-hoax/article122216.html] . Nothing remarkable, but still interesting. So how much does a niche website that receives 6.2 million visits per month earn (this is traditionally

BYCU. Slow Posting Days Continue

A YouTube testament to craft brewing (over-done, but enjoyable enough . . . and it makes me thirsty):

Slow Posting Days Continue

Worth a plug: Libertarians for Life [http://www.l4l.org/]. Regular posting will resume in a few days.

From the Notebooks

Premise: The opening question that any political philosopher must grapple with: Can the state ever go past legendary King Pausole's one law: “Hurt no man, then do as you will.” If so, when? On the surface, this is an easy question to answer: If another person isn'

Tuesday Slow Posting Day

Curmudgeonly Quotes [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1579126979/thedailyeudem-20] "When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him." Jonathan Swift. "The great thing about Glasgow is that if there'

Thursday Scrambling

Busier than Phyllis Diller at the hairdresser's. No time for blogging. Just a few quick things: Weird Russian stuff, Episode 298,991: A Russian woman ended up in intensive care after restoring her virginity for the sixth time [http://mosnews.com/weird/2009/06/17/virginity/]. Odd penny

Job Tuesday

Hand Me that Spatula! A writer sends out three hundred rÃ©sumÃ©s in response to job postings [http://www.esquire.com/print-this/best-job-searches-0709-2]. He got only eight interviews and only two real prospects: "I applied for about three hundred jobs. I applied to be a marketing designer at

Guns and Stuff

Gasoline-Powered Turtleneck Sweater? Yesterday I received one of the oddest catalogues I've ever seen: Hammacher Schlemmer: Offering the Best, the Only and the Unexpected for 161 years [http://www.hammacher.com/]. The stuff is neat, but pricey. They offer a contraption that allows you to burn CDs from

Brews You Can Use

Roll Me Away The weather has turned nice. That means one thing: cheap bowling. Bowling alleys slash prices dramatically to attract bowlers during the warm months. This Lebowski [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Lebowski]-like observation was triggered by a recent issue of New York magazine: Not Your

Brews You Can Use

A celebratory BYCU today: My tweaked TDE format appears to be paying off. Average daily visitors this week have exceeded 600. Traditionally, about 400 people come through (run through, accidentally click on site then swear "Catholic Fascist!" then log off, etc.). This week has seen a 50% uptick,