Eric Scheske

I'm the "ugly American" when it comes to the World Cup. My interest is piqued a little, but overall, I'd rather watch Arena Bowl 2006 (which I watched for ten minutes). I found it humorous, though, that Budweister is the official sponsor, and the

A German man is suing an airline after being kicked off a flight for being too smelly [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1880819.html?menu=news.quirkies]. This is outrageous. If this happens all the time, the French will never be allowed to leave their country.

"Yes, Bobby, I think Daffy Duck is a Rastafarian": > The American Civil Liberties Union is investigating complaints from more than a dozen black employees at a Six Flags theme park who were told their hairstyles were inappropriate. > Jonathan DeLeon, 17, was hired at Six Flags America

Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way, by John Paul II. My wife bought it for me for Father's Day. It's JPII's autobiography of his early clerical years. Price: $1.00 at the Dollar Tree. Hardback.

> The Episcopal Church on Sunday elected Nevada Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori as the first female chief pastor of the denomination and the first female leader in the history of the world Anglican Communion. Link [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199992,00.html]. Of course, she's

Chasing Merlin at The Grail Code [http://www.grailcode.com/archives/the-historical-merlin/]. First installment.

Posting this only because it's magnificent:

Excellent day at the Scheske house. Father's Day = eight servants and lots of presents: Elvis paraphernalia from Tupelo, Johnny Cash stuff, JPII book, a mat for sleeping at the office, vacation hat, and other stuff. I also told the kids that I wanted to do a Father'

Interesting stuff at this website [http://www.iivs.de/~iivs01311/EN/links.htm]. I don't know if it's all true, but they have an impressive array of respectable links to back 'em up. > Buddhism also has “skeletons in its' closet” which it carefully