Eric Scheske
Go Zags!
Ah, ya gotta love those college students:
> "Brokeback Mountain!'"
> This is the chant college students and fans of the No.5 ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs
team use to heckle opposing teams.
> This reference to the recent movie, ''Brokeback Mountain,'' about homosexual
Manatee Deaths
As global warming picks up "steam," the manatee will rule the earth: Â
> Wildlife officials say that despite unseasonable warmth, manatee deaths in
January jumped by a third statewide compared with the same month last year.
> . . . Over the past five years, an average of ten
Hustler Me
It's been going on for ten years [http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3510974]: Â
> The porn magazine arrives every month at your congressman's office.Â
Tucked in a conservative-looking manila envelope, the latest edition of Hustler
goes to all 535 members of Congress.
American Idol Beating Olympics
The big TV news today: Fox's American Idol crushed the Olympics last night. It's
no doubt a testament to the power of American Idol, but NBC's absolutely
horrible coverage has no doubt helped things. Do you want to watch AI or the
Camaroon luger?
Moral Libertarians
I'm fascinated by the thought of Murray Rothbard, though I haven't read much by
him. He seems to be a libertarian with a moral streak, which is rare. Not
illogical, mind you, but rare. I just ran across this lengthy essay (book
excerpt) from the Lew
Defrauding Babies
You don't need to be an adult Einstein to know that the very concept behind
videos like "Baby Einstein"Â is suspect, at best. My wife and I never even
considered the stuff. Now, with our oldest at twelve years, our children seem
to beÂ
Shake(r) Rattle and Lathe
Interesting article in The New Yorker about the celibate Shakers, their
history,
and their beautiful wood objects
[http://www.newyorker.com/critics/atlarge/articles/060213crat_atlarge]Â (save
the jokes). I'm not sure what prompted Gopnik to write the piece, but it's
different and--as
This Day in History
I found this on a "This Day in History" website:
> Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) joins in the squabble between Hume, Voltaire, &
Rousseau, suggesting that Rousseau be indentured to work on the plantations.
Johnson kills me. One of the best ever. James Schall wrote in his
Those Crazy Canadians
> Young Canadians are digitizing their sex lives, embracing computer screens and
touching keyboards ever so gently in lieu of person to person contact, according
to a new survey.
> Some 87 percent of 2,484 students polled at 150 colleges and universities across
Canada reported having "virtual sex&