Eric Scheske

Rock polka? Motown polka? Yeah, it exists, though people don't believe me. I see it in Frankenmuth every year, and now I can prove it: If you want some Polka Pink Floyd, go here [http://www.myspace.com/polkafloyd]. It's a slow news day and I

The rain won't stop and we're supposed to get more. I'm not sure I've ever seen anything like this in southwest Michigan. It stopped yesterday from about 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., which is ironic since the high

Why does the Left love the Dalai Lama but despise the Pope? Maybe it oughtta be the other way around. Via The Dawn Patrol [http://www.dawneden.com/2007/08/lama-vs-papa.html]:

Hand me an angioplasty. I went to the movies three times in the past seven nights: I took our out-of-town teenage company to see Bourne Ultimatum last Wednesday, my son Alex to see The Simpsons on Sunday, and my wife to see Live Free or Die Hard last

Well, isn't that pleasant: The safety problems affecting Chinese goods spread from toys to textiles on Monday as New Zealand said it would investigate allegations that imported children's clothes contained dangerous levels of formaldehyde [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f66851fc-4f48-11dc-b485-0000779fd2ac.

My most-recent blog column at The Register is up, and I don't think you need a password to access it [http://ncregister.com/site/article/3428/]. Excerpt: > The army of half-read books in my study has prompted me to think a lot about the problem