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Eric Scheske

I'm Gonna Live Forever!

I keep telling my wife that the pressure of providing for eight dependents is killing me. Turns out, it might be making into Methuselah [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah]:Â Â > Men who live alone, without a spouse or children, very often die young. The life-shortening effects

Happy Birthday, Artie

Today is nineteenth-century philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer's birthday. I enjoyed his little book, Studies in Pessimism, which I can easily summarize: Life sucks. Schopenhauer, for instance, disdained the ontological truth that evil is a mere privation of goodness. Said Arthur, "It is the good which is negative;

What About Shani Davis?

> Bryant Gumbel is stirring it up once again. The subject this time? The Winter Olympics. The longtime sportscaster offered a withering critique of the Games on his HBO show 'Real Sports' recently. His complaints ranged from the lack of diversity among the athletes to the media'

Yallah

Is Yahoo! banning "allah" as a user name? This guy says it's banned, along with a bunch of obscenities [http://quickwired.com/kallahar/stories/2005-Yahoo/yahoo.php]. To date, Yahoo! hasn't offered an explanation. I'm guessing it could be one ofÂ

Dirty Ice

Alright, it's hurl time: > Jasmine Roberts never expected her award-winning middle school science project to get so much attention. But the project produced some disturbing results: 70 percent of the time, ice from fast food restaurants was dirtier than toilet water. > The 12-year-old

Six Ports

Suicide of the West continues to impress. This is David Pearson, commenting on plans to turn six ports over to Arabs and saying to the Arab world, "We'll treat you fairly [http://suicideofthewest.com/?p=130]." > “We'll treat you fairly.” Look out, little

Starting at the Beginning

> Muslims should reciprocate the respect that Christians show for religious freedom, the Vatican Secretary of State argues. > Cardinal Angelo Sodano, speaking to reporters at a reception in Rome on Monday evening, avoided any specific reference to the Danish cartoons which have been a focal point of anger in

SubGenius Member Loses Son

Alright, I can't verify whether any of this is true, but it's too odd not to mention. Quick background: Jeff is the father, trying to get custody or other rights with respect to his son, Kohl. The estranged mother is Rachel. Here's what Rachel

Insulted? That's the Means of Salvation

John Piper at ROFTERs meditates on the role of mockery in the Christian's road of salvation [http://rofters.blogspot.com/2006/02/being-mocked-essence-of-christs-work.html]. It's pretty good. Excerpt:Â > What we saw this past week in the Islamic demonstrations over

Former Prostitute in the Confessional

> When I was visiting Westfield Monastery, I told Sister that prostitution is a lot like an addiction. And like many addictions, the struggle to not slide back into that addiction when things in life get rough is an on-going battle. Even now it is something I struggle with