JP2 and Me
It's been a year since John Paul II went to his reward. Apologies for a personal
reflection, but I owe the guy a lot.
I drifted away from the faith in college, became an example of how a little
learning can make you quite a dumb guy. I
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
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
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