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# The Weekend Eudemon
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/4546/
- Published: 2006-05-13T10:18:32.000Z
- Updated: 2006-05-13T10:18:32.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

Dragging and coughing. I thought I might escape allergies this year. They usually start kicking in mid-April, but not this year. I was feeling fine . . . until Thursday night. By Friday, I was dragging and walking around in a haze. I took a nap at the office (I have a thousand dollar Harter office chair that I got for $75 b/c it's defective somehow, and it's very good for naps), but I was still exhausted when I got home Friday evening. I drank a few beers and left my third one unfinished, watched *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (horrible piece of junk) with the children, fell asleep during it, then went to bed.

I have a pretty good weekend ahead of me, which is surprising since it's Mother's Day weekend. I normally have to slave for my wife on this weekend, but it shouldn't be too bad this year. Today, I have yard work to do (if the rain ever lets up) and tomorrow she's going shopping with the eldest and youngest daughters, leaving me with the other five. I might have to grapple with the toddler's diaper once (I detest diapers, though I no longer gag), but other than that, it should be an easy gig.

I'm constantly startled at new websites that fall between the threads of my web surfing. Every week, I find at least two websites that I should've stumbled across weeks or months earlier, but didn't. Today's find: [The Da Vinci Hoax Blog](http://insightscoop.typepad.com/davincihoax/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). It's a cleverly-written blog by Carl Olson (if there are other contributors, I can't tell). Olson takes a very grim view of *TDVC* and sometimes strikes me as a little (a little) too pessimistic, but he knows his information and likes to slash. Consider, for instance, this throw-away comment from yesterday's post:

> Several readers have told me of the frustrations that come with being unexpectedly accosted by a family member or co-worker who has suddenly received his doctorate in Church history by reading *TDVC* (after all, the Chicago Tribune did write that Brown's novel does "transmit several doctorates' worth of fascinating history and learned speculation").

Anyway, if you're interested in all *TDVC* nonsense, that blog is worth a stop or two.

And as long as I'm posting on the weekend, when traffic is slower, let me post a wild speculation about the movie: The movie makers are going to show *TDVC* for the fraud it is. When people see it, they're going to see that *TDVC* is strictly a page-turning work of fiction with very little historical relevancy. Hollywood, in other words, is going to do Christianity and Catholicism a favor.

Now that I've said that, let me emphasize. This is a "wild speculation." I wouldn't bet on it, even if you gave me five-to-one odds. I am painfully aware that Hollywood doesn't like Christianity and, in particular, Catholicism. Such a speculation is extremely odd, but I base it on three things:

1\. A week ago, some blogger (I can't remember who) mentioned that he saw a trailer for *TDVC* and the scenes seemed over-the-top. I forget the blogger's exact wording, but he said it almost seemed liked the movie was a farce.

2\. [Tom Hanks' words yesterday](https://thedailyeudemon.com/4542/), and the fact that Hanks is a Greek Orthodox with, presumably, at least a little respect for history and Christianity.

3\. I can't believe the man who played Opie and Richie doesn't have some good in his veins, though I admittedly know nothing about the man's personal life.

There you have it. My prediction, My speculation, My wild speculation.