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Eric Scheske

April Fools

Top 100 April Fools jokes of all time [http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/]. Humorous stuff. (This, by the way, is Eric. I obtained brief access to an Internet connection and saw this story. Since I try to post "holiday" items, I decided to log onto the site.

Cry Wolfe

It's final four weekend. And I Am Charlotte Simmons, Tom Wolfe's satire of college basketball programs and higher education in the 21st century, is back in the news. The 2004 book is now out in paperback, and Wolfe has just been tapped to deliver the prestigious

Muslims vs. Mother T.

Probably doesn't need any comment from me. From a March 29th Reuters news report: > Muslims in Shkoder, in northern Albania, are opposing plans to erect a statue to the Roman Catholic nun Mother Teresa, an ethnic Albanian who is in line for elevation to sainthood by the

It's a commitment, isn't it?

Hello, I'm David Scott. You should accept no substitutes for Eric Scheske, but unfortunately, for the next few days you're going to have to. Here's something to get us started. At least it got my brain working a little on this Friday morning at

PSA

Well, it's been a heckuva run. I started daily blogging in February 2005, and I haven't missed a day. If I'm not at day 400, I'm daggone close. But starting tomorrow, I'm taking a week off. Don't worry.

The All-Fat, All-the-Time Culture is Coming

In a story that I suspect is closely linked to the last one, for reasons that I don't have time to explore: > A Las Vegas company is putting a new extra-large ambulance into service to handle extra-large patients. . . . > A company official said that in the last

Body Obsession, Episode 1,221,000

> Women would rather get their teeth drilled than shop for a new bathing suit, a report said [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060329-021602-3056r].

Am I Boring You?

I welcome this: > Scientists are developing an "emotion sensor" to show if someone is finding your conversation interesting or not [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4856050.stm]. I don't know what it is, but forty-somethings seem to have a large percentage of

Maybe She Can Pray to L. Ron

You bedded the man, Katie, now enjoy it: > Tom Cruise has given Katie Holmes an iPod with calming tunes to help her stay silent during childbirth. > The gift came after The Sun revealed the couple had put up 6ft posters in their Beverly Hills mansion reminding her not

Historical Miniature

On pretty Eva Braun [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2097514,00.html]. Excerpt: > Eva twice tried to kill herself: in November 1932, she shot herself in the throat, but missed the jugular. Then, in 1935, she tried again, this time with sleeping pills. Her reason, both times,