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Eric Scheske

Last Day of School

The punks find freedom today. Four of them have half a day, one has a whole day, and two don't know what the fuss is about but they feel the excitement. It'll be a logistical nightmare: after-school party, paper route, baseball game, overnighter. I'

More Sopranos Fall-out

Deadline Hollywood Daily [http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/thats-what-we-were-waiting-for-angry-fans-crash-hbo-website/] . Excerpt: > Apparently, my extreme reaction was typical of many series' fans: they crashed HBO's website for a time tonight trying to register their outrage. HBO could suffer a

Welborn on Sopranos

Amy understands fiction, and she has done a good job of breaking down last night's final episode of The Sopranos. [http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/2007/06/cut_to_black.html#more] She dismisses Kathryn Lopez's explanation [http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmFmNDA0MTkxY2I0NDM5MjdjOTA0Yzc1OWNhYTkzYTc=] (to wit,

Picture Monday

Not a lot of time for blogging today. I watched the final episode of The Sopranos last night. It stunk. This blogger (widely considered one of the most insightful of Soprano experts) liked it [http://blog.nj.com/ledgerentertainment/2007/06/dont_stop_believing.html], but I thought it was

Something for Sunday Morning

> We must nourish a great love for God and our neighbors; a strong love, an ardent love, a love that burns away imperfections, a love that gently bears an act of impatience, or a bitter word, a love that lets an inadvertence or act of neglect pass without comment,

The Weekend Eudemon

I haven't read much about the Paris Hilton ordeal (one story and 192 headlines), and I'm not going to add to the drollery here, except simply to add: Despite my disgust for Paris Hilton, I always had a hunch that, underneath the whoredom, there was a

Ignorance, Tigers, and Brews You Can Use

I watched one of the scariest TV programs ever last night: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader [http://fox.com/areyousmarter/]? The level of ignorance in our country is astounding (but see my speculation below). Last night featured a high school history teacher, a "rocket scientist," and

Thursday Hits

You know you're getting old when you get excited about the sleeping weather, but, man, that was good sleeping weather last night: 55 degrees, strong wind blowing in. I could've out-slept Rip Van Winkle. __________ The Canutes suffered a setback yesterday [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/

The Wednesday Eudemon

Why do they wear green jackets at Augusta National? A writer for Golf Digest thinks it might be the result of Bobby Jones' conversion to Catholicism and love of G.K. Chesterton. Check out the story here [http://golfdigest.com/search/index.ssf?/majors/masters/gw20070330whygreen.html] . Excerpt: >

The Tuesday Eudemon

I have little time for blogging (up late partying with IRS Private Letter Rulings). Just a few things: I find it amusing that people in my demographic (middle age, middle class) grump at teenagers for blaring their car stereos. The bouncing rap car that's gone in 45 seconds