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Eric Scheske

Santeria Surfaces

The odd religion of Santeria has drawn attention in southern California. It seems a group is butchering animals as part of their rituals. Authorities are investigating animal cruelty. I'm thinkin' it's freedom of religion. Who's to say these animals' blood doesn'

PSA

Blogging will be light today, at least early on. If I had one more person demanding a piece of my attention this morning, my head would explode. My apologies.

Taking It With You and Not Leaving

I don't want to die and I don't want to be poor [http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB113780314900652582-3NZCCoZBW7UHDmouEOrkzkalkfY_20060129.html] : > Mr. Pizer has made arrangements to have his body frozen in liquid nitrogen as soon as possible after he dies. In this

Odd Consumer News

Blanket with sleeves [http://www.theslanket.com/].

America's Celebrity Obsession, Episode 2,310,554

What's next? Auctioning celebrity urine? > [William] Shatner, famed for playing Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek TV series, sold his kidney stone to online casino GoldenPalace.Com for $US25,000 ($33,000). > The money will be donated

Ratzinger Stopped JPII?

I finally got through Paul Elie's long essay, "The Year of Two Popes" in The Atlantic Monthly (link to story [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200601/ratzinger], previous posts about same: 1 [https://thedailyeudemon.com/3685/], 2 [https://thedailyeudemon.com/3694/]). For the most part, the

Sports Blogs

I've been meaning to mention: If you want a good sports blog, check out Oddjack [http://www.oddjack.com/] and Deadspin [http://www.deadspin.com/]. I visit the latter a couple of times a week, the former only a couple of times a month. Still, both are good.

Movies and Health

> Researchers from the University of Maryland have concluded that watching a comedy can increase blood flow as much as aerobic exercise or regularly taking heart medication. > On the flipside, the mental anguish caused by watching a drama significantly decreases blood flow. Link [http://www.news.com.au/story/

American Idol Anti-Gay?

Funny stuff: > Bosses at America's leading gay rights group are demanding a summit meeting with the producers of TV talent show American Idol after claiming the programme is "increasingly homophobic". > Officials at the Gay And Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) were appalled by homophobic

The 99

> Young Arabs will soon be poring over a new group - and new genre - of superheroes like Jabbar, Mumita and Ramzi Razem, all aimed specifically at young Muslim readers and focusing on Muslim virtues. > Mr. Mutawa's Teshkeel Media, based in Kuwait, says that in September it will