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Eric Scheske

Burned by Oxygen

> A 64-year-old Greenwood woman was burned seriously after a fire started while she was smoking and taking oxygen, investigators said. > "This isn't the first time someone in our city has been seriously injured while smoking and on oxygen," Greenwood Fire Chief Steve

The Nutty Customer

> For years, Janey Karp has battled depression and anxiety with the help of prescription drugs. Though millions of Americans do the same, Karp admits she is intensely private and can't help but feel stigmatized for needing medication to feel normal. > So when the 53-year-old

Cutting Down on STDs

> Long distance lovers could soon be able to bond by sharing a wi-fi glass of wine. . . . > The high-tech glasses will glow warmly when raised, no matter how far apart the drinkers are, reports New Scientist. > Jackie Lee and Hyemin Chung, experts in human-computer interaction,

Wyndham

I like the little literary anecdotes. I found this one in The Ong Reader. If you know about Wyndham Lewis' [http://www.wyndhamlewis.com/biog.html] challenging personality, you'll get a kick out of it: > Marshall McLuhan tells this story on himself. He and his wife

VM

> "'It's disgusting," she said. "The play defines women as their sexual organs." That's one conservative woman who is fed up with the Vagina Monologues. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/07/AR2006030701842_pf.html]

Rich and Married

> Creating a successful marriage is hard work. So it's nice to know you're getting paid for it. That's the word from a researcher at Ohio State University, who found that people who walk down the aisle and stay hitched accumulate nearly twice as

Misc. Leno

I'll give Leno's monologue from Monday night the final say in the Brokeback affair: > Real shocker last night was that "Crash” upset "Brokeback Mountain” to win best picture. They were not happy in West Hollywood. They were looting pottery barns, flipping over Volvos,

Rowling

A correspondent says J.K. Rowling isn't a freak. I found this interesting enough to post at Chesterton and Friends [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/] and here: > She is a member of the Church of Scotland (the Scottish Anglican Church-- not the Presbyterian church). She refuses to reveal

Transsexuals and Acceptance

My latest at CE [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=32169].

Only in the Movies

40 Things That Only Happen in Movies [http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/features/20moviethings.htm]. Great list, including: > 13. If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises wearing their most revealing underwear. > 17. If you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts, your