Eric Scheske

> The hordes of beer-swilling men who have descended on Germany for the World Cup are proving a disappointment for the host nation's sex workers, preferring to party in public rather than spend time with prostitutes [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=

> A novice under a temptation which seemed to her insurmountable said: 'This time I cannot rise above it--it is impossible.' Therese replied, 'Why do you try to rise above it? Pass beneath it quite simply. It is very well for great souls to soar high

This kind of self-obsessiveness transcends the greatest of bridezillas [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1888938.html?menu=news.quirkies]. This groom is in for a painful existence: > A bride's dress was so big it got stuck in the church door. > Carly O'

Finally, an evening a drinking. I'm taking some days off work, so I busted my back for the past four days, trying to get my desk cleared. It worked. I came into the office Friday morning, went to Mass, knocked out a few small projects, took a leisurely

In response to my post about Timothy Leary [https://thedailyeudemon.com/4753/], one of my most knowledgeable and intellectually-reliable readers wrote to me: > I tend to doubt the rendering of McLuhan's advice, but I don't doubt that he was sympathetic to the psychedelic cause.

A reader took sympathy on my lack of beer news this week and sent along the following: > It's been said that chestnuts are "grains that grow on trees." This statement is certainly true for one mid-Michigan brewer, who has taken locally grown edible chestnuts

A curious drinking song [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/06/curious-drinking-song-for-your-weekend.html] from one of my favorite Belloc books.

Beer and banjo. Never thought of it, but it's a great combination: Not much beer news out there this week. Whatta bummer. Vacation is calling, so I was in a brews news mood. I'll get over it. It might take a six pack, but I'

Budweiser tanks at the World Cup [http://beerblog.genx40.com/archives/2006/june/budbombingatthe]: > US mega brewer Anheuser-Busch has obtained the exclusive rights to sell the beer at the World Cup in Germany. Reports from across the sea have it that the move to only sell a thin

An assortment from the web: I mentioned ISI Books' catalogue. The new Ignatius Press catalogue looks good, too [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/06/ignatius-friends.html], according to the Chesterton and Friends blog (you might recognize the blogger's first name). Mahatma Gandhi's views on