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Eric Scheske

More TDVC Fun

I'm enjoying this TDVC turmoil. The film is now getting poor reviews [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/da_vinci_code/], and I think the boycott lure is making Sony a bit nervous. Heck, Howard has even suggested that people not see it: "My advice, since virtually no

No!

I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/quotes] > Data from recent surveys indicate that liberals and people who are not regular churchgoers are more likely to believe the tales proposed in The Da Vinci Code about

Daily Office

Fr. Neuhaus has some nice words about the Liturgy of the Hours (a/k/a the Daily Office). Link [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=259], then scroll down a bit. It's a devilishly-difficult thing to get the hang of, but I try to hit the morning and

What More is There to Say?

Pamela Anderson says vegetarianism results in more pleasure for a woman [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2004580002-2006220470,00.html]. What more is there to say? Pamela said it, and she's rich and famous. And there's no conclusive proof that STDs rot one's

BC

I've heard that Boston College's "Catholicism" was pretty wretched, but hadn't read much about it. Campus Report has a pretty good piece on it [http://www.campusreportonline.net/main/articles.php?id=944]. Excerpt: > BC also hosts a Lambda Law Students

The New Yorker

The New Yorker has a good article about TDVC and Sony [http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/060522fa_fact]. The New Yorker is one of the most relentlessly-secularist publications in America, so it's significant when you see nuggets like these in its pages: > Dan Brown's

Jesse, Arnold, and Mimi

I don't like to discuss naked politics on this blog, but the excitement at Wonkette about the new governor candidate in Nevada is rather humorous. PG-13 link [http://www.wonkette.com/politics/endorsements/official-wonkette-endorsement-melody-mimi-miyagi-damayo-174187.php] . The woman is a porn star, and she's running as a

Cannes

TDVC's reception at Cannes wasn't good [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060516/ap_en_mo/film_cannes_da_vinci_code_2], and the Cannes crowd doesn't exactly consist of a bunch of Opus Dei applicants. The movie might simply be bad. > The

Chesterton and Friends

Some of you are aware that I participate in a group blog at Chesterton and Friends [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/]. It's been running for a year now. When you consider that the average life span of a blog is little better than a gnat's, that makes

More TDVC

The drama builds as opening day nears [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12815760/]: > “The Da Vinci Code” has undermined faith in the Roman Catholic Church and badly damaged its credibility, a survey of British readers revealed Tuesday as tensions over – and hype for – the forthcoming film reached a