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Eric Scheske

Big Knickers

Charlotte Church says she loves wearing big knickers. [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2002141.html?menu=news.quirkies] Based on her recent conduct, how much longer until the story says, "Charlotte Church says she loves taking off big knickers"? When Catholics fall away, they fall away

Sibley is Back

Fr. Bryce Sibley, one of the most popular Catholic bloggers before his cyber demise, is back. This time, with a movie-review blog [http://cinemacultura.blogspot.com/], though he is apparently doing it anonymously. Also odd: He is allowing comments. I was under the impression that flamers from the left

Anti-Typecasting

> Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn may wind up portraying legendary physicist Albert Einstein for a joint U.S.-Italian TV film production. [http://upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060919-072707-7105r] Let the jokes begin! What's next? Paris Hilton as St. Therese?

Simple Solution to Water Threats

But can PETA protests be far away? [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,214347,00.html] [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,214347,00.html] > San Francisco, New York, Washington and other big cities are using bluegills – also known as sunfish or bream – as a sort of

First Viagra, Now This

It's actually a sad thing, but the joke upside is immense: > Chinese doctors say they successfully transplanted a penis on a man who lost his own in an accident, but had to remove it two weeks later because of psychological problems experienced by the man and his

Marriage Encounter

Here's one of the most ironic puzzles of my adult life: Marriage Encounter Weekends [http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=95058]. Never has anything sounded so repugnant to me, yet widely endorsed by many people I respect. Why does it sound repugnant? *If my wife and

Talented Kids

Great piece in the current issue of The Atlantic Monthly about overzealous (a/k/a "helicopter," "nauseating," "obnoxious") parents [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200610/tsing-loh]. It's an essay/review of four books that take a look at parents who wreck

MySpace

The current issue of U.S. News & World Report has a pretty good cover story about Myspace.com, the teenage social networking website that has more than 100 million profiles [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060910/18myspace.htm] (remember, the population of the U.S. is only

300 Million

From The Atlantic Monthly: [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200610/calendar] [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200610/calendar] > At the current clip of one birth every eight seconds, a death every twelve, and an immigrant entering the country every thirty-one, the 300-millionth American should show up, one

All About B16 and the Muslims

The Benedict Blog might have the best coverage [http://www.popebenedictxvifanclub.com/blog/2006/09/pope-benedict-xvi-on-faith-reason-and.html] .