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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Water Rates

I attended my town's commission meeting last night. They're reviewing water/sewer rates. The consultant has recommended an increase of approximately 9.5%, and I suspect the commission will take the consultant's advice. The average resident will pay an extra $2.50 per month.

A Lack of Tithers

Married homosexuals raised my ire earlier this morning, and now there's another story that gets me going: Catholics that don't tithe or come anywhere near it. LA Times Link [http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/14055363.htm]. Excerpt: > Researchers have found that although

St. JFK

At least Marilyn Monroe isn't in the stained glass [http://closedcafeteria.blogspot.com/2006/03/st-jfk-pray-for-us-part-ii.html].

USCCB on DaVinci

The bishops have deemed it fit to get involved. Jesus Decoded [http://www.jesusdecoded.com/introduction.php]. stolen from [http://michaeldubruiel.blogspot.com/2006/03/bishops-anti-davinci-code-site.html]

Mixed-Up

> On June 1, 2000, Mrs. Remmele, then 31, discovered her husband's profile on the Web site gay.com. The couple stayed up all that night weeping and talking. Soon afterward, 10 days before she gave birth to her second child, Mrs. Remmele's husband went off

June 6, 2006

You think Tim LaHaye is just an honest Christian who happened to make a bunch of money from writing fiction about his pet eschatological theory? Check out this page: The Rapture--Coming 06.06.06 [http://www.leftbehind.com/]. LaHaye is a marketer, a fiction writer, and maybe a psychologist,

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