Brews You Can Use III
Brews news is a little scarce this morning, so I found some good beer can
collection pictures.
Eric Scheske
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
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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
Top 20
Patristic popularizer Aquilina has posted his Top 20 books about early
Christianity.
[http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/05/10/what-would-casey-kasem-do/]. Worth
a look.
My two cents: The Quasten Patrology series is excellent. I bought it years ago,
and it's an excellent reference source for
Getting Sirius
I missed the big Catholic news yesterday: Sirius Radio is getting a Catholic
channel. Amy discusses it
[http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/2006/05/getting_sirius.html].
This might prompt me to break down and get satellite radio, but I doubt it.
Bring on the Voodoo
Fascinating story about the re-emergence of voodoo in Haiti
[http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/20060509/hz_haiti_0506/blogs4211]. Excerpt:
> Haitian voodoo became mixed with Catholicism, probably as a way for slaves to
hide it from their masters – most of whom forbade the practice. Voodoo spirits
were,
Thursday Morning Eudemon
I could've slept a lot longer. I'm not tired, but it's perfect sleeping weather:
mid-50's, breezy, with a splattering of rain. Lots of good dreams, too, the kind
that don't involve my wife being pregnant with our eighth child.