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Eric Scheske

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

Something for Sunday Morning

"I love God as much as I love the one I love the least." Father Hugo

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

Zmirak

Zmirak is on fire this morning at Taki [http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/lie_i_cant_even_be_tactful/] (be patient with the link, it appears to be malfunctioning). Flippin' slayed me: > I'm reminded of my first weeks at Yale, when I cheerfully introduced my

Brews You Can Use

My wife's parents had five children, then the "oops" baby. Michael came when Marie was eight. I first met him when he was ten. He was just an annoying little thing, but now he has grown up and is writing advertisements. I didn't realize

Thursday

Medal score: China 82, USA 62 [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/medals]. I gotta believe the USA will pick up ground when we get to track and field, but it doesn't really matter. The Olympians are having lots of sex [http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/8448176/

The Wednesday Eudemon

Medal score: USA 56, China 62 [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/medals]. Phelps 15, Great Britain 13. __________ I guess Thomas Sowell has become a popular columnist this year, given the phenomenon of Obama Mania. In fact, bogus Sowell material is circulating the Internet. Snopes snoops it out [http://www.

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

Monday Moanin'

Another weekend, another time drain. This time, the annual jaunt to Frankenmuth [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenmuth] for the Summer Music Festival [http://www.frankenmuthfestivals.com/?page_id=4]. It was good to see my wife's family, but I'm bummin' at the hour glass