Eric Scheske

> 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/

I missed this yesterday: > A US study has concluded that children consume the caloric equivalent of a bag of potato chips for every hour they spend in front of a television. Food advertising in implicated in causing unconscious eating among young viewers [http://www.boingboing.net/2006/04/25/

Aborting Where the Wild Things Are. [http://merecomments.typepad.com/merecomments/2006/04/terminating_the.html]

> Go ahead and have that second cup of coffee -- or third, or fourth. A study published on Monday shows heavy, long-term coffee drinking does not raise the risk of heart disease for most people [http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyid=2006-04-25T121417Z_

Saw this at Open Book [http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/2006/04/paradise_lost.html]: > Legendary Pictures is developing a live-action film version of Paradise Lost, John Milton's epic poem, with Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) attached to direct, Variety reported. Vincent Newman (A

The hottest blog this side of the Styx is active again. Moloch Now [http://molochnow.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_molochnow_archive.html#114598632178874747] . Worth a visit.

In case that last picture sobered you up too much, here's a picture of G.K. Chesterton books and a couple bottles of wine. GKC was a big wine drinker (they say he could write well--very well--while drunk). The books and wine are taken from my