Eric Scheske's Outside Modern Limits

"Frank Rich and John Simon are the Syphilis and Gonorrhea of the Theater"

That’s a quote by the great David Mamet, back in the days when he was a “brain-dead liberal” (his words), in the late 1980s.

Feb 9 • Eric Scheske

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The Staff of Obedience Against the One-Eyed Monster

Abnormality pumped Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire’s nads.

Feb 2 • Eric Scheske

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January 2026

The Savonarola Option

Fighting for your soul in the digital age

Jan 26 • Eric Scheske

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The Left Hemisphere Makes Us Sleepwalk

Hallucinations are more plentiful than cocaine at a 1980s Malibu beachhouse party.

Jan 12 • Eric Scheske

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The Man with the Pubic Hair Jacket

So many rabbit holes, so many authorities telling us there are no rabbit holes.

Jan 5 • Eric Scheske

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December 2025

The Newest Mad Brewer Concoction That's Sweeping 35 States in the Nation at $200+ a Bottle

A Micro-Essay

Dec 26, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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My Contribution to the Genre of Addiction Literature

In the grand tradition of De Quincey's Confessions of an Opium-Eater

Dec 22, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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Rationalism, Irrationalism, the Occult, Science: Whatever It Takes in Silicon Valley These Days

It's time for the rest of us to summon the ghost of Rabelais

Dec 15, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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Prima Nocta Is Medieval Myth but Modern Overlords Aren't

From OneDrive to the Epstein files, they just keep sticking It in our face

Dec 8, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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Five Ways to be a Good Host

I’m an introvert, not a prick (probably).

Dec 1, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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November 2025

Hey, Z: Stop Worrying about Your Life-Work Balance

I wasn’t thrilled about our town’s Mexican invasion back in the 1990s.

Nov 24, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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All Alcohol is Bad for You, Until It's Not

Dr. Lefty Hemifear is at it again

Nov 21, 2025 • Eric Scheske

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