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Eric Scheske

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

Confetti Money

> A lavish wedding where newly-weds were sprinkled with shredded euro-note confetti has provoked outrage in a French town, a newspaper reported on Tuesday [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060801/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_france_confetti;_ylt=As_F0CbHd5fV2cyfmhd7aNys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-] . As more and more people

Your Name is Margo Schunderfriz, Too?

One of the best stories of the month [http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/9606436/detail.html] (snicker): > Last week, a waitress at the Moosehead Saloon in Westlake, Ohio, asked a woman to show proof of age after the customer ordered a drink. When the waitress looked at the ID,

Max Turns 3

My fourth boy (sixth child overall) turns three today. He's no longer silent [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1870/], though he's still a coy child who prefers smiling to talking, but he often does both. Two more birthdays (Abbie, turning twelve, and Michael, turning eight) take place in

Bronze This

I'd still rather see the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame: > A German family are set to move into the Bronze Age for ten days as part of a museum exhibition. > The Borngraeber family, from Goeppingen, will wear the same clothes, prepare and eat the same

Mad Mel

Mel Gibson's mug shot has been released [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0731062melmug1.html]. It's actually pretty good. And what about his anti-Semitic comments? I don't know. As the director of the Anti-Defamation League says, alcohol loosens the tongue and reveals what&

"Hey, Those Guys Are Pretty Good."

"A Berlin opera house is encouraging audience members to smoke cannabis joints during its latest production [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1935247.html] ." You know, in case, like, the show isn't very good. About the title of this post [http://www.stevemartin.com/stop_

The Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame

I went Saturday. It was very cool. A few notes, in no particular order: Remember that the subject matter is cool, but it's still a museum. If you don't like museums (looking at things through glass, then trying to read the little descriptions below), you might

Something for Sunday Morning

> When a man is always occupied with the cravings of desire and ambition, and is eagerly striving to satisfy them, all his thoughts must be mortal, and, as far as is possible altogether to become such, he must be mortal every whit, because he has cherished his mortal part.