Eric Scheske

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Thursday

Not much today. Things are hectic at the office right now. We're finishing the re-modeling this weekend, starting this afternoon, and I have work pouring in. During this economic slowdown, I'm grateful for the work and wonder how I keep attracting new clients. The vain part

From the Highlighter. Lukacs II

At the End of an Age [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300101619/thedailyeudem-20], John Lukacs (Yale, 2002). The first part ran on Monday. “[T]here is a duality in every human life, in every human character.” p. 4. Don't worry, Lukacs is Catholic, not Manichean. His

From the Highlighter

At the End of an Age [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300101619/thedailyeudem-20], John Lukacs (Yale, 2002) I picked up this book when it was published in 2002. I always think octogenarians have something interesting to say, and I figured an octogenarian of Lukacs' stature would definitely

Something Different for Sunday Morning

Me to Michael (ten years old) this morning: "You know what's bad about the Lions playing on Thanksgiving?" Michael: "What?" Me: "They don't play today." Michael: "At least we got it over with."

From the Notebooks

I believe people enjoy a certain measure of doubt or incertitude. This would make sense. As limited human beings, we simply cannot understand everything so it follows that we might enjoy reading things that we don't fully apprehend. Put another way, we are “hard wired” for uncertainty, so

Thanksgiving Day

It's been a good year. I can't deny that I'm concerned about the economic future, but for now, everything is good, and that's enough for me. The past is gone and the future is always a land of hazy variables. The present--this

Brews You Can Use: Special Black Wednesday Edition

Ah, the best time of the year: A four-day weekend yawns in front of America, as do an assortment of drinks. This college student tries to assess why people drink so much on Thanksgiving Eve [http://www.campussqueeze.com/post/Why-Thanksgiving-Eve-is-the-Biggest-Drinking-Night-of-the-Year.aspx] . The writer totally misses the reason and is

Tuesday Miscellany

The holidays approach. Not much time for blogging, and not much bloggable information out there. Personal responsibility took another step back: Canada ruled that fat people must get a free extra plane ticket [http://www.canada.com/theprovince/story.html?id=977633] and Citibank got more money [http://www.iht.

Brews You Can Use

My office is uprooting to prepare for new carpeting and my house is going to have 20 overnight guests this weekend, plus another ten or so guests Saturday evening (my oldest is getting confirmed). I don't have much time for blogging, but I found this great feature article

Thursday Miscellany

Well, the Dow dropped below 8,000 [http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081119/wall_street.html?.v=49]. Panic time? Naw, I'm past that. I panicked 15 months ago and sold off a chunk, and I panicked last February and sold off a large chunk. Now I'