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Eric Scheske

Refund

We're pretty excited at the Scheske household. We're receiving a big tax refund that will more than fund our spring trip to Mississippi (Tupelo, birthplace of Elvis) and the Smokie Mountains. Of course, we won't receive the whole thing right away. The IRS seems

Mexican Decadence

> When Mexican freelance journalist and human rights activist Lydia Cacho published a book last year exposing a paedophile ring, she was warned by friends and colleagues that she would run into trouble. > It did not take long for their warnings to come true. She was arrested by the

An Old Theme

> A former fifth-grade teacher accused of having sex with her 11-year-old student was ordered held on $100,000 bond Saturday. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060225/ap_on_re_us/brf_teacher_sex_4] I haven't featured one of these stories in awhile.

Drinking to Health

It's not too often you hear about Canada coming up with a good approach to a social problem, but this one doesn't sound too bad: giving whinos wine [http://theedge.bostonherald.com/healthNews/view.bg?articleid=128057]. > The Shepherds of Good Hope shelter in Ottawa

Sherwood Forest

Ten facts about Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest [http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/sense_of_place/facts/sherwood_forest.shtml].

Sunday Evening Eudemon

My apologies for the lame posting today. Sundays are rough, and this Sunday rougher than most. I attended Mass, wrote two articles, and prepared for and attended Meg's (4, turning 5) birthday party. That's combined with the regular stuff that Sundays bring: playing with the kids,

Odd Food News

I love good macaroni and cheese, and it's Sunday (a bad day for blogging, given the dearth of interesting material), so I post this: a site dedicated to macaroni and cheese recipes [http://blog.samradion.co.uk/]. Good for families with small children. Warning: The URL indicates it&

Pizza Crust

I didn't follow-up to see what caused this outburst at Hogs on Ice [http://www.hogonice.com/2006/02/math_for_crusthaters.html], but at least the writer doesn't sugarcoat it: > I hate people who don't eat pizza crust. They should all

Wannabe Cannibal

An artist who baked a life-size model of her own naked body out of bread dough will watch her audience eat it at an exhibition. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4749366.stm] I don't know much about art, so I can'

Something for Sunday Morning

> Fasting from the food and drink of this present world is, for Christians, a sign of our expectation of the feasting in the new world, the world of the resurrection, on the food and drink of everlasting life. And just as you cannot pray without actually giving time to