PSA
The back-breaking summer continues. I'm now off to Milwaukee for my nephew's
funeral wedding. I've never been to Milwaukee, so I'm looking forward to it, but
I won't have much time for sightseeing. My wife's brother has graciously
Eric Scheske
Brews You Can Use
Rolling Rock has pulled out of Latrobe
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrobe,_Pennsylvania], Pennsylvania, which is
perhaps the biggest betrayal since Art Modell moved the Cleveland Browns to
Baltimore. This sad article [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06213/710164-59.stm]
asks, "Will Labtrobe citizens quit drinking Rolling Rock?
No Islamic Fun
> Britain's biggest theme park has called off the country's first "National
Muslim
Fun Day" because of lack of interest, the park said Wednesday
[http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-08-02T184048Z_01_L02862061_RTRUKOC_0_US-MUSLIMS-FUNDAY.xml&src=
I'll Take Two Big Macs, a Biggee Fry, and a Shake . . . Quick!
> A study of 61 male university students found those who were hungry were
attracted to heavier women than those who were satiated.
> The hungry men also paid much less attention to a woman's body shape and
regarded less curvy figures as more attractive.
Link [http://news.
Ten Reasons to Go Hollywood
> If any of you watch movies that contain gratuitous sex and violence or moral
worldviews contrary to a godly one, I'd like to ask you to e-mail me to tell me
why you do it. This is for an article I am writing on the spiritual, cultural
The Smartest People in the World?
Is it me, or are there a lot of articles indicating that the Scots are a bunch
of flippin' degenerates? Gambling problem
[http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1117732006&format=print] (1-in-10
Scots children have a gambling problem--I don't believe it, but still), drug
problem
Fulbert's Pride
I forgot to mention on Tuesday that one of my more involved essays has finally
got published
[http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=33828]. Another
publication said it wanted it, but that was about five years ago, so I sent it
to Catholic
Lick This, You Cell Phone Addicts
Cellphones harbor more bacteria than a toilet seat
[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=398683&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source=]
. Which isn't too terribly surprising. Few people are addicted to urinating.
Blogging Strawmen
Steven Johnson has had it with bogus arguments about blogging. Readers may
recall that I, too, have had it with bogus arguments (link
[http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=33273]). I think
Johnson has been guilty of bogus arguments himself (see this article
Honey Heals
I fail the Crunchy Con tests on many fronts, but I like a moderate amount of the
"go natural" attitude, which is why I don't wear underwear (I'm joking; get the
food back down your throat). This sounds neat:
> A new study into