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Eric Scheske

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-

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,

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

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

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,