Eric Scheske

I'm moving mighty slow this morning. I was up late (1:30). I doubt there'll be any blogging today. As a token of appreciation for your understanding, I offer this anecdote: The following classified ran in the nineteenth century: > Farmer, aged 41, desires to correspond

A reader sends this piece from the 1500s [http://www.bartleby.com/40/35.html] along: Back and side go bare, go bare, Both hand and foot go cold; But, belly, God send thee good ale enough Whether it be new or old. But if 1 that I may have

This isn't exactly the type of crime that disturbs the mental equilibrium of society [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/am-bias1012,0,7527656,print.story?coll=ny-nycnews-headlines] : > Four young men were arrested for luring a gay man to a remote location with an online promise of

> China will crack down on a vast, growing and largely unregulated industry offering leg-lengthening surgery for people who think they are too short, state media have said. > The operation involves breaking the patients' legs and stretching them on a rack, and has led to several cases of