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
Eric Scheske
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
Saturday Evening Eudemon
Settling back with six of the seven children, watching Hidalgo. I heard good
things about it. We'll see.
I just got back from an outing with Alex (12). I took him to the video store to
pick out the movie, then took him to Mike's Pizza,
This Day in History
1825. Â Robert Owen, a socialist, announces New Harmony utopian plan in Indiana
to government dignitaries in the Hall of the US House of Representatives.
The later Catholic convert, Orestes Brownson
[http://orestesbrownson.com/index.php], knew Robert Owen and his ilk, even
sending his own son to live
Psycho Path
> Farfrompoopen Road, the only road to Constipation Ridge, lost to Divorce Court
and Psycho Path, which placed No. 1 in an online poll of the nation's wildest,
weirdest and wackiest street names.
> Mitsubishi Motors sponsored the poll on the Web site
http://www.TheCarConnection.com [http:
Brews You Can Use, Saturday Edition
I haven't left my hometown all week, promise
[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11553551/]:Â
> WEST BEND, Wis. - Authorities are hoping to break up what must be quite the
party after beer thieves made off with almost $26,000 worth of suds from a
delivery truck.
Natural Grace
> Scientists have some remarkable new advice for anyone who is struggling to make
a difficult decision: Stop thinking about it.
[http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/02/17/thought_for_thinkers/?page=full]
It rings true. There's a reason that the best ideas hit people
6.5 Billion
> [Today], at 7:16 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, the population here on this good
Earth is projected to hit 6.5 billion people.
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060224/sc_space/planetspopulationtohit65billionsaturday;_ylt=Ann5K_m170ScsMNpFOoRALWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MzV0MTdmBHNlYwM3NTM-]
The Malthusians are freaking out. But did you know
Conservatism
The New York Times this morning has a review by George F. Will of two books
about conservatism
[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/books/review/26will.html?_r=1&oref=slogin].
It's worth reading, if you're interested in the philosophy of conservatism,
though