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Eric Scheske

Crumbling Housing Market Exception

We stopped bidding when they refused to throw-in the clothes line and NASCAR memorabilia: > A 40-acre estate in the Hamptons - the Long Island summer retreat of New York's rich and famous, has been sold for $US90 million, a new US record for a residential property.

Yet Another Attack on the Homeless

Houston denies them library privilges (link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/800/]), Vancouver takes away their bathrooms (link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1312/]), Massachusetts throws them away (link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1434/]), and now Alaska is taking away their meat. > A Juneau homeless shelter has stopped serving donated bear meat after learning

Ban Outdoor Advertising?

Ford has come up with an idea that makes outdoor ads more palatable: > Ford has erected a "living billboard" in Dundas Square, Toronto to promote its Escape Hybrid. With the headline, "Makes everything a little greener," the board contains 900 real plants, kept alive by

Praying for a Good Game

Christianity Today has a decent essay about the theology of golf. We say "decent" because it's not great. CT runs good essays, but there's always something missing. Oh well, if you like golf and religion, you'll get a kick out of this

Porn is Even in the Hamburgers!

They're looking for a McDonald's worker with a bad disposition who spends a lot of time looking at his keys: > Penny Needham of Madison Twp. said she pulled up to the drive-through window of McDonald's on North Verity Parkway at 6:15

Newspapers Sinking

Newspapers are in big trouble. They're losing classified ad revenues, and they no longer control their rate card (without a monopoly, they can't control ad prices any more). Traditionally, newspapers have used the rate card to eliminate competitors. Now the game is reversed. Link [http://publications.

Leno on McDonald's

> McDonald's has announced they're going to start selling their own skateboards and bikes. Apparently they feel our kids have gotten so fat and lazy now, the only way to get them to a McDonald's is to roll them in.

It's Still Tinsel Town, But Worse

We apologize for revisiting the Holmes-Cruise debacle again, but this piece gives a good glimpse of the "reality" of Hollywood. Link [http://news.independent.co.uk/media/story.jsp?story=648502]. Excerpt: > In Hollywood, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who believes the

MS and Blogging in China

We're not big fans of antitrust laws and we know Microsoft has done a lot of good. But we don't trust 'em, just don't trust 'em: > Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Chief Executive Steve Ballmer repeatedly visited China in recent years,

They Ruin Every Other Place . . .

. . . why not the beach, too? > The once quaint, red-lettered banner dragged behind a small bi-plane has increasingly given way to gigantic sky banners, sailboats equipped with logo-emblazoned sails, grooming equipment that paves the beach with logos in the sand, logoed umbrellas, handouts, beach chairs, towels and