The Baseball Eudemon

It's baseball time. Jack's (11) regular season ended, but now he's playing on his league's junior All-Star team (first-year players, for the most part) and representing our town against other towns in the area. Today, he has games at 1:00 and 5:00 in Fremont, Indiana, which is about 40 minutes away. Tomorrow, he potentially has three games from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. It's going to be brutal, but Marie is going to cover today's games and I'm going to cover tomorrow's game. The other will stay home with the other six kids (it'd be torture for little ones to sit in 90-degree heat for hours). If Jack plays at 10:00 tomorrow, he and I will have to attend Mass at the Fremont church at 7:30 a.m. The result: I might be in Fremont for 12 hours tomorrow. When you throw in the drive, I'm looking at a 13+ hour day. I've already started my list of things to bring: books, beer, magazines, beer, iPod, beer, iPod headphones, beer, outdoor chaise lounge, beer, am radio to listen to Tigers game, beer.
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While reading Paris Hilton stories (Hey, it's a slow day!), I ran across this new black eye for the Catholic Church: "Educated in Roman Catholic schools, Hilton said she's 'always been religious' and 'always had a sense of spirituality but even more so after being in jail.'"

That being said, I hold out hope for the girl. There have been many stories of remarkable conversions for people who get exposed to religion. The religious lessons often sit dormant for years, but they have the potential for exploding in holiness. I won't hold my breath, but I will hold out hope.
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This story is scary.

The incidence of lesbian gang violence in American neighborhoods and schools is on the rise.

Last week, Fox News' O'Reilly Factor reported that gangs, known as Dykes Taking Over (DTO) and Gays Taking Over (GTO), are forcing children into homosexuality. In addition to carrying weapons and violently attacking people, gang members sometimes rape female victims.

The story becomes terrifying if you substitute "fag" for "lesbian" and "male" for "female." Could you imagine. "Hey Scheske, Brucey here has taken a shine to ya . . . ".
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Well, this is certainly disappointing: "Men are just as chatty as women, according to scientists."
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Pretty wild: [Texan] Rick Park went out and bought $5,000 worth of Styrofoam and fastened it to the undercarriage of his mobile home, which sits just a few feet from the lake. The house floats and is saved. Too bad there aren't any pictures.
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Neat list: Five good books surrounding historic Hollywood.