Brews You Can Use III
Tom Marioni: Beer, Art, and Philosophy ”“ The Exhibition: August 18 ”“ October
29, 2006 [http://www.contemporaryartscenter.org/]. The link contains one of the
most beautiful pictures I've ever seen.
Eric Scheske
Brews You Can Use II
Finally, some modern art I can appreciate
[http://cinweekly.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/a1/20061004/ENT07/610040302/].
Excerpt:
> The interactive happy hour, "The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the
Highest Form of Art," takes place every Wednesday this month.
> Marioni created "
Brews You Can Use
It's wine month in the Midwest. This is a great page of Midwestern wine
information [http://www.wineryadventures.com/].
Punctuation Moment
In high school, I was always taught: "Put two spaces after a period." When I
started freelancing, editors told me to stop doing it. I never knew what to
think. This month's Atlantic explains what happened
[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200611/word-court] in a
Conservatives for the Evironment.
A friend sends this along: Why Conservation is Conservative. Quotes by famous
conservatives [http://www.rep.org/ConservativeQuotes.html]. Pretty neat.
Gay Crime
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
Smile When You Wear That!
> Designer/artist Tim Simpson's Smile Helmet mechanically draws the corners of
your mouth back into a grin. He created it for "people in jobs which demand an
unusual amount of smiling, such as air-stewards, receptionists and politicians
[http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/10/smile_
Chinese Hate Vern Troyer
> 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
I Knew It!
> Women dress to impress when they are at their most fertile, U.S. researchers
said on Tuesday in a study they say shows that signs of human ovulation may not
be as mysterious as some scientists believe.
> A study of young college women showed they frequently wore more
Gibson to Speak
Just seen at Drudge:
> Actor Mel Gibson is speaking out for the first time about the anti-Semitic
comments he made to police when they booked him for drunken driving last summer.
> Gibson tells ABC News' Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview that his
anti-Semitic statements