Eric Scheske

In time for the Lebano-Israeli War: Taybeh Beer [http://themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=14333]. It's the hottest drink in the West Bank. And it's kosher.

Beerfest [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809267350/details]. New movie, coming August 25, 2006 (a Friday; Warner Bros. must know that TDE features brews news on Friday): > When American brothers Todd and Jan Wolfhouse travel to Germany to spread their grandfather's ashes at Oktoberfest, they stumble upon

Nothing beats a cold beer, and few things are worse than a cold beer gone warm. The latter might not ever happen again: > Beer bottles that use solar power to keep their precious contents cool in the height of summer could be a welcome fringe benefit of thin-film

I don't reproduce many pictures here, but this one is pretty wild: More [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=395512&in_page_id=1770] , along with the story of this unusual combination.

Top 30 Game Show Hosts [http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2006/hosts/index.html]. Yeah, it's stupid, but there are a lot of childhood memories in this link. Bonus coverage: 15 Comeback Albums [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/50444].

Get Religion has two great posts today: Sin and Shame in Amish Country [http://www.getreligion.org/?p=1745]. (Hey, I live in Amish country! I guess I better be careful where I walk.) Modernity's Complexity and Politics [http://www.getreligion.org/?p=1746]. Excerpt: > We are

America has a new subculture: Juggalos. They're violent young men who listen to the music of Insane Clown Posse [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003121207_insaneclowns12m.html] , which plays a combination of rap and heavy metal. Columbining rap and heavy metal is combining the trash of two

I don't like Gorbachev, but these words ring true: > The former general secretary of the Soviet Union Communist Party accused Americans of arrogance and trying to impose their way of life on other nations. > "Americans have a severe disease – worse than AIDS. It's

The Lord of the Rings stage production is Toronto is throwing in its coat of mail [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FLAC.20060629.LORD29%2FTPStory%2FTPEntertainment%2FTheatre%2F&ord=1152786830452&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=