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Eric Scheske

The Weekend Eudemon

Ouch, long night and longer morning. My children's parochial school held its annual Mardi Gras Auction Party last night: lots of neat auction items, food, cash bar (inexpensive lubricants to catalyze bidding), DJ, door prizes. I was in charge of setting up the bar (requiring me to pick

Detroit is Alright?

A blogger raises an interesting point [http://thefyc.blogspot.com/2006/02/espn-sucks-reason-135972.html]: In the past, reporters have routinely complained about the Super Bowl's host city. This year? Barely a word . . . and the host city is Detroit. He thinks it's because ESPN-

Empirical Evidence in Support of Abstinence

> A change in the sexual behavior of young people in Zimbabwe probably caused a sharp decline in HIV virus infections in the south African country, according to a study published in the United States. > A reduction in casual sex among experienced men and women, and the delay of

Like Columbine Never Happened

> A school bus driver has been accused of creating a hierarchy among his middle school charges that encouraged older students to bully younger ones to keep order [http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--schoolbus-bullies0203feb03,0,200218,print.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork] .

Wal-Mart Making Bookstores Nervous

> At the annual convention of the Christian Booksellers Association, retailers continued to fret over competition from Wal-Mart and big bookstore chains. > Association membership peaked at around 3,000 stores in the early 1990s but now totals less than 2,300. CBA said 337 retailers closed last year.

Brews You Can Use IV

Barstar [http://www.barstar.com/index.shtml]. America's Bar Guide.

Brews You Can Use III

A blog with lots of pretty pictures [http://beer.textamerica.com/?qs=xdefault&page=0].

Brews You Can Use II

Beer sales are declining in Germany [http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-002834.php]. And all this time, I thought just their morals and economy were slumping. Maybe their morals and economy are slumping because of depressed beer sales. > Beer sales have contracted more 15% in the last

Brews You Can Use

A blogger recommends Super Bowl beers [http://www.hailtheale.com/blog/_archives/2006/2/1/1739484.html]. A couple of recommendations from Pennsylvania and Washington.

Dragster

Boy, you'd expect more from a Hollywoodite: > New Zealand filmmaker Lee Tamahori, who directed the James Bond movie "Die Another Day," has been arrested in a Hollywood prostitution sting while dressed in drag. R-Rated Link [http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/02/060203014239.