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Eric Scheske

Monday Mornin' Eudemon

This might be the dumbest story I've read this year: Porn actresses say they like to go out with regular guys, but sometimes the regular guys are intimated [http://www.sunjournal.com/story/207790-3/bsection/Can_regular_guy_date_a_porn_star/] . Thank you, Dr. Insight. You show

Something for Sunday Morning

"Truly, my child, if I were allowed to see my sins, three or four men would not be enough to weep for them." Anonymous (Sayings of the Desert Fathers) __________ Confessions of a studious man: "About five years ago, I began to realize that twenty years of arduous

The Weekend Eudemon

On tap this weekend: Social gathering, short field trip with Meg, Mass, soccer game, church breakfast, out-of-town company. My wife told me last night that I've become a recluse, but it simply isn't true. I think she means I've become a person who doesn&

Friday

Color me flummoxed over Imus. I listened to him when I lived in Detroit in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I liked him; I didn't like Howard Stern. I found Imus somewhat urbane, if occasionally outrageous; I found Stern consistently obnoxious. When I started listening to Imus,

The Quick-Hitting Eudemon

Stay on the sidewalk: A car driven by a hi-tech ghost of laser sensors and computers went on exhibit in London Wednesday, before it competes against other robot cars in the United States in November. [http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070411134854.is6fcdju&show_article=1] I hope

Imus Commentary

I haven't weighed in on the Imus conflagration, but a reader has sent to me the best piece of commentary I've seen so far [http://www.kansascity.com/182/story/66339.html]. Excerpt: > While we're fixated on a bad joke cracked by an

The Slow Eudemon

Slow blog day today. Either there's not much out there to blog about or I'm in a decidedly unfunny mood. I did receive the following email yesterday, though. I wish I knew whether the quotes are legitimate (I ran a few on Snopes [http://www.snopes.

The Tuesday Eudemon

Evidence that America's TV watchers are, indeed, unintelligent: "Predictions that DVRs would kill off TV ads appear to be off the mark: Nielsen reports that viewers watch 40 percent of the commercials they could skip [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200705/calendar]." (Atlantic link) Religious irony

Who is Jesus?

Michael (8) received a new children's book in his Easter basket: Who is Jesus [http://www.pauline.org/store/moreinfo/0819883131.html]? It's a perfect book for someone who is past the first stages of reading but not ready for heavier stuff like, say, Romano Guardini&

Easter Monday

Rough but enjoyable Easter. We got to bed later than usual Saturday evening due to Easter eve high spirits. At 5:50 a.m., Michael came in and announced that Max (3) had vomited. I got up and dealt with that (without swearing once, proof that there's extra