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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

To be Located Next to the Dentures Hall of Fame

> In a heated Southern rivalry that has already cost the contenders millions in purely speculative planning, Daytona is vying with the much larger cities of Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C., for what all three promise will be a flashier version of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.

Serious Financial Trouble?

> Sirius Satellite Radio reported a wider loss in the fourth quarter yesterday as costs for building its rapidly growing base of subscribers mounted. > The company, which added Howard Stern to its roster last month, lost $311.4 million, compared with a loss of $261.9 million in the

The Weekend Eudemon

Rough week. Two partners bolted for Florida, leaving me with a desk full of paperwork and a phone that rang like Elvis had just published his unlisted number. I planned on coming home early yesterday to work on my Catholic Exchange column and drink a few beers, but a handful

Brews You Can Use VI

Brews you can use, and an historical miniature. Plus, I'd never heard of the drink, so I'm guessing others will find it novel, too:Â > The Sazerac, purportedly America's first cocktail, is the emblematic drink of New Orleans. As originally made in the

Helping Perverts

Yeah, this doesn't have disaster written all over it [http://www.babysitters.com/default.aspx]: BabySitters.com. Using the Internet to match babysitters with children.

Brews You Can Use V

Â Lighten up, ladies. It's a joke. I'm not even a big fan of Moosehead. Now I'm gonna have to go buy a case: > After complaints from a feminist group and incensed customers, New Brunswick's Moosehead Breweries has pulled an ad

Brews You Can Use IV

> Drunk drivers in Taiwan can now choose their penalty: Pay a fine or play mahjong with the elderly. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MAHJONG_PENALTY?SITE=NYNYD&SECTION=STRANGE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-02-16-19-26-07] Sounds pretty cool. But can you

Brews You Can Use III

> A rowdy Stanford University mascot was fired after being discovered drunk during a basketball game, university officials said. > Fifth-year senior Erin Lashnits, who dresses as a tree for the university's irreverent band, was stripped of her duties last week after her blood-alcohol level was

Brews You Can Use II

> Taking inspiration from Monty Python and the success of last year's "Big Ad" commercial, Australian brewer Lion Nathan has put together a $1 million advertisement that should please the beer gods. > The ad for Tooheys New depicts teams of people using huge catapults to

Brews You Can Use

> America's craft brewers sold 9% [more]Â beer in 2005 than in 2004, making craft beer the fastest growing segment of the United States beverage alcohol industry for the second consecutive year, according to the Brewers Association in Colorado. . . . > The craft beer segment includes more than