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Eric Scheske

Amish Gathering

I live in the middle of Amish country: Amish to the north and Amish to the south. On my way out of town today, I saw their buggies all over the highways, then came across one of the larger Amish homes in the area where scores of buggies were gathered.

Epic Poem

GKC's Lepanto, available on line [http://www.dur.ac.uk/martin.ward/gkc/books/lepanto.html]. Possibly my best on-line find of the month. Thanks, Chesterton and Friends [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/05/true-romance.html].

PSA

I'll be out of town this morning, so blogging will be light. You're probably all too hungover from American Idol fever to read much anyway.

Hindu Stigmata

> A Hindu woman has said she is Jesus Christ and claims to have the “stigmata of Jesus” on her palms, feet and stomach, as well as the power to heal the sick [http://www.siliconindia.com/shownewsdata.asp?newsno=31964&newscat=Top]. The best stories are often the

"Throw the Losing Ticket on the Bathroom Floor, Son"

> The Colorado horse and dog racing industry is hoping to lure more families to the tracks the summer, facing an aging population of fans and competition from both mountain casinos and online gambling [http://cbs4denver.com/local/local_story_143151345.html]. I like racetracks, and I feel bad that

Gathered Around the Hearth

American Idol, final night 2006. Two-hour extravaganza. I gathered with my children and started speculating: Taylor or Katherine? The program started with a few songs and some utter junk (e.g., a scene of Kelly Pickler eating calamari). I asked, "It only takes 5 seconds to announce the

MySpace

> High school students are going to be held accountable for what they post on blogs and on social-networking Web sites such as MySpace.com [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060523/ap_on_re_us/monitoring_myspace;_ylt=Agwl1teWdX7ngacQYmK7EdsjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--] . I gotta get over to that site

Note to New Readers

For readers clicking over from Catholic Exchange, you may have missed last week's announcement: Chesterton and Friends [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/] is now an everyday, Monday through Friday, blog. With a handful of contributors, it's the only full-time Chesterton blog on the web (at least

Shaming Even the Irish

I don't know whether to spit on this guy or bow before him [http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/05/23/D8HPG6OG1.html]: > Lithuanian police were so astonished when they pulled over a truck driver and his breathalyzer test registered 18 times the legal alcohol limit, they

Do It At the Mall

Planned Parenthood: Making Easy Sex Easier [http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1988315&page=1]. They're setting up in retail strip malls. They're also open 24 hours a day. Maybe they'll go 24/7. You know, so when you've gotten