Brews You Can Use II
I dig beer, and I dig the Middle Ages. Looks like a perfect book. Unfortunately,
it's $75.
Review [http://beerblog.genx40.com/archives/2006/april/bookreviewbeer].
Eric Scheske
Brews You Can Use
Nine beer-mapping sites, with ratings
[http://dethroner.com/index.php/2006/10/12/nine-bar-mapping-sites-happy-hours-ratings-and-beer/]
.
People Haters
I've previously made the point that the environmental movement is tainted with
misanthropes: folks who would prefer that folks not exist. I'd never seen them
admit it, though, until I saw this
[http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19225731.100-imagine-earth-without-people.html]
:
>
Great Video
One of the best videos I've seen in a long time
[http://www.americanpapist.com/2006/10/video-doves-campaign-for-real-beauty.html]
.
Directly on point with my rantings against make-believe women
[http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=24526]
Over at CE
My weekly column at Catholic Exchange is up.
[http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=34798]
I'm waiting for criticism about my assertion that America has no poor people (in
absolute terms). I haven't gotten any yet. And if anyone
Drunk Teens
And help me spray mo-fo rap when I've toked too much
[http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2041020.html]:
> A new Catholic prayer book aimed at teenagers includes a prayer for God's help
to avoid talking rubbish when drunk.
> "Lord, if
3 Million Beers
Thanks to everyone who wrote to me, notifying me of my typo (idiocy?) yesterday:
The U.S. population has hit 300 million. I earlier wrote "3 million" (and did it
three times). I am aware that the total population of the U.S. is greater than
Chicago'
Wikipedia Competition
I like Wikipedia, but it makes me nervous. I welcome Citizendium
[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e62ce8a4-5d3e-11db-9d15-0000779e2340.html]: a
competitor who vows to weed out the moles that make Wikipedia an
intellectually-treacherous place.
300 Million
The U.S. will hit 300,000,000 people
[http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html] today or tomorrow. Let
the misanthropes mope. The rest of us can be happy and ask, "If more people
means less wealth to go around, why are Americans richer than ever?"
CBGB
Well, CBGB closed. NYT Link
[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/arts/music/16cbgb.html?_r=1&ei=5094&en=5774c0b5de8bbecb&hp=&ex=1160971200&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1160977069-+iD1B1aYMJICh7sGqX++GA]
. I'm sad. I'd