Eric Scheske

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The Wednesday Eudemon

St. Benedict's Feast Day. I took a medieval history class at the University of Michigan back in the 1980s. Rule for Monasteries was required reading. I don't remember anything about the professor (Catholic? Secularist that wanted to freak out college kids?), don't remember what

Poll

If you get a chance, vote at the NSNBC poll: Should "In God We Trust" be removed from the U.S. currency [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10103521/]? Right now, the "no's" are winning, 63-37%

Tuesday Miscellany

Medal score: China 160, USA 146 [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/medals]. Time's beginning to run out for the United States. __________ Couldn't take a cell phone? A man has returned from an extended holiday to find that loads of his mates have been mourning his

Monday Moanin'

Only in Deliverance country. From the woods of northern Georgia: Two men claim they've bagged Bigfoot, and they say they have the hairy corpse of the legendary creature stored away in a freezer. . . . They have so far offered three different tales so far about how they came to

The Saturday Eudemon

I took my Dad out to the drinking club yesterday for his Father's Day present. Yeah, I know. The gift was a little late, but it's been a busy summer. So busy, in fact, that this was my first trip to the club in 2008. The

Tuesday Eudemon

Well, I'm thoroughly enjoying the Olympics. I'm normally a lukewarm fan: let my wife tell me when something interesting happens, watch highlights, etc. I'm not watching a lot more this year, but I'm following it more closely (like watching the medal count

Sleepless in Michigan

I get along without sleep about as well as a paraplegic gets along without a wheelchair. But I'm going on my third day without eight hours sleep, and it doesn't show signs of stopping. I've always been envious of those people that can get

No Eudemon

Not much blogging today. I took my five younger children to South Bend for a minor league baseball game, and I have to be in the County seat by 8:15. I think I'll need to visit this site: How much of your favorite caffeine drink you can

Thursday's Fix

Internet addiction is growing. The main types of Internet addiction are cybersex, online affairs, online gambling, online gaming, compulsive surfing and even eBay addiction. An article by Dr. Jerald J. Block in the March issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry stated that “Internet addiction appears to be a common

The Wednesday Eudemon

Oh ho: The paternalistic white man [http://www.lacity.org/council.htm] returneth: The Los Angeles City Council has approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a low-income area of the city [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080729/D927OLQ02.html]. Maybe that LA quake [http://apnews.myway.com/