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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Porn v. Strippers

A neat piece at the Timesonline about vaudeville strippers and their disappearance before the onslaught of porn [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,23110-2040499,00.html], like Russia's liberals swept before their anarchist children in Dostoyevsky's The Possessed [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/

I'd Rather be Dead

> An Iowa woman allegedly faked her own death to avoid paying parking tickets. . . > She now faces up to five years in prison for fraud - instead of the $500 fine she might have expected for failing to pay her parking tickets. Link [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_

Identity Soup

Hey, those frogs have some character, after all: > More than 200 political demonstrators defied a police ban here on Thursday, scurrying across Boulevard St.-Germain and under the sycamore trees of Place Maubert to engage in their forbidden action: eating "pig soup" in public. > With steaming

Non-Brews You Can Use

Let no one accuse me of not giving fair coverage for my abstaining friends: > Teetotalers, rejoice. Toasting with grape juice may carry brain-sparing benefits, according to research presented here 24 February at the World Parkinson's Congress. In a series of cognitive and motor tests, grape juice-

Cloistered Italian Women

I mentioned this story earlier [https://thedailyeudemon.com/3181/], but the CSM has picked up on it [http://csmonitor.com/2006/0301/p07s02-woeu.html], and it's worth mentioning again. > A small but burgeoning group of young Italians are turning to Catholicism with new fervor, suggesting a

Misc. Leno

From last night: > Today was the big final day of Mardi Gras. The drinking, the naked women, the partying all night. Or as Bode Miller called it, "Olympic training”. > President Bush is on his way to India. I guess he had to go. Apparently he lost the

Martinifest with Expensive Art. What Could Go Wrong?

> The glistening white Santiago Calatrava addition has made the Milwaukee Art Museum one of the city's classiest social addresses. But a recent martini fete held there turned into an overcrowded, drunken affair. Some unruly guests accosted artworks, which have been taken off display for a checkup. >

Hot Blooded in Spain

> There were massacres of Catholic clergy and churches, monasteries and convents were burned with severe impact to the rich Spanish historical and artistic heritage. Twelve bishops, 283 nuns 2,365 monks and 4,184 priests were murdered That's from Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_

Patriarch of the West

> Evidently hoping to eliminate one possible obstacle to ecumenical progress with the Orthodox world, the Holy Father has renounced the title "Patriarch of the West." Catholic World News Link [http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=42711] . It doesn't appear to be an ecumenical

Mammoth Cave

You want to take your family to Mammoth Cave [http://www.mammothcave.com/]? Sorry, no babies allowed, unless you want to carry them in your arms. New security regulations don't allow any baby backpacks. My wife called, and they said "no exceptions." That rules out my