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Eric Scheske

On Cleverness

During my morning surfing, I ran across this great quote from Rochefoucald [https://thedailyeudemon.com/2066/]: "It takes great cleverness to be able to conceal one's cleverness." Hence, the urbane subtlety of this blog. I'm so clever, you probably don't even know

Brews You Can Use

Bless the brewers: > Czech brewers are working to create a beer that would counter the discomforts of menopause [http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-002908.php]. > The low-calorie, low-alcohol beer being developed by the Prague-based Research Institute of Brewing and Malting contains heightened levels of phytoestrogen, a plant

Lay Administrators

The Pittsburgh Diocese might start using laymen to administer parishes [http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_116204355.html]. The story isn't clear on details. I'm assuming it'd work this way: The administrator would handle all the non-spiritual stuff, and a priest will ride a

You Want Embalming Fluid with That?

> [A] Domino's delivery man used a car to transport corpses to funeral parlors when he wasn't using the vehicle to bring pies and Cheesy Bread to pizza enthusiasts [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0427061pizza1.html]. Also: That's one way to keep the recidivism

Flowering at 40

Cindy Margolis will pose for Playboy [http://news.aol.com/entertainment/articles/_a/cindy-margolis-to-pose-for-playboy/20060425131409990002] : > After turning down offers to pose for the magazine in the past, Margolis said she accepted this time because she felt posing nude at the age of 40 is empowering. Empowering? I appreciate the

Saving $3.00

> Some California drivers are resorting to desperate measures to beat the surge in gas prices at the pump -- deliberately running dry on the state's freeways and simply waiting for rescue [http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/25/life.gas.reut/index.html]. When they run

Brand U

Great op-ed piece at NYT today [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/opinion/26Budiansky.html?ex=1146196800&en=bd632639265ab8ba&ei=5087%0A] about colleges' attempts to brand their schools. We see an increasing trend: colleges less interested in education and more interested in attracting students. The

60 B

> Internet users around the world send an estimated 60 billion emails every day and many of these are spam or scam attempts, business leaders said on Tuesday [http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2006-04-25T155230Z_01_L25596952_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-INTERNET.xml&pageNumber=0&

My Sin Against Charity

Forgive me, but I kinda hope the box leaks. I don't know why. I guess the fame mongering bugs me. Then again, I'm the one with a blog. > Having starved himself and been frozen in ice, US magician David Blaine now plans to spend seven

MTV Angers the Germans

> A German conservative leader said Tuesday he has filed a complaint with prosecutors accusing music channel MTV of disparaging Christianity in an ad for its Vatican parody cartoon "Popetown," which depicts the pope as a pogo-stick riding brat. Link [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GERMANY_