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Eric Scheske

The Weekend Eudemon

Dragging and coughing. I thought I might escape allergies this year. They usually start kicking in mid-April, but not this year. I was feeling fine . . . until Thursday night. By Friday, I was dragging and walking around in a haze. I took a nap at the office (I have a

FBI Sting

A rather clever FBI pedophilia sting, described at The Smoking Gun [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0511061web1.html]. Disgusting stuff, but I tip my hat to the clever G-men. It's not too often I tip my hat in that direction. You want me to describe the sting?

Hanks in the Other Lung

The Curt Jester [http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/] sets the record straight: > Hanks has been married to actress Rita Wilson since 1988. They became involved while working on the movie Volunteers (1985), although they first worked together in an episode of Bosom Buddies. (Wilson guest starred as a romantic

Hanks Catholic?

A reader wrote to me, saying that she once heard someone identify Hanks as a Catholic. Any truth to that? My email link is on your left.

Brews You Can Use III

Brews news is a little scarce this morning, so I found some good beer can collection pictures.

Brews You Can Use II

> Drinking a pint of beer a day may stave off osteoporosis, scientists have said. > New research shows that the alcohol in beer appears to suppress the hormones that promote bone loss. And researchers say it may have a better effect on preventing bone loss than calcium. Link [http:

Tom Hanks on Da Vinci

I saw the headline, "Hanks Blasts Da Vinci Critics [http://www.thisislondon.com/til/jsp/modules/Article/print.jsp?itemId=22582687] ." I thought, "Oh great, one of my favorite actors--a family man, for crying out loud--is going to lash out with half-baked accusations against

Brews You Can Use

I don't like funky-tasting beers and I don't like Tom Paine, but this beer kind of intrigues me. A Good Beer Blog describes it: > Balanced cocoa, licorice and molasses notes along with sweet brown breat crust graininess - Boston bean brown bread crust that is.

Misc. Leno

> With these gas prices I got smart. I'm driving the new Patrick Kennedy hybrid car. Have you seen this thing? It runs on sleeping pills and when you get on the highway it runs on alcohol. > A lot of people are very upset that Congressman Patrick

Beheading

> Seven suspected Islamic terrorists have confessed to beheading three Christian schoolgirls on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island, police said on Wednesday [http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1930114,00.html]. No reason was given, but is a reason necessary? Christian schoolgirls are obviously a