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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Quirky Marriage Over

Marriage has long been desecrated, but people aren't even taking the pre-nups seriously anymore: > Sally Erickson and Renzie Davidson thought they had the secret to marital bliss. But the eccentric list of demands outlined in their prenuptial agreement, including mandatory backrubs and a $5 nagging fee,

Dog Children, Episode 872,009

Pushy parents and dog parents combine: > A fame academy for pets has been set up in Germany where talented animals get the chance to sing, dance and play musical instruments.

Fine People Colliding

Always a shock to see finely-tuned moral beings like these folks fighting: > The writer-director of "Kabbalah," an Off-Off-Broadway religious satire in which cast members strip naked, yesterday blasted female lead Emily Stern as a "Jewish-American princess" for abruptly quitting the

Smug EU and Perceived Fundamental Rights

"You agree with us, or you're a barbarian, and barbarians aren't allowed (sniff) to be in the EU": > An attempt by the Vatican to reduce the number of abortions in one of central Europe's most staunchly Roman Catholic countries is being

Act Natural! Act Natural!

What all goes into those ridiculous Super Bowl half time shows? Plenty, including grooming the fans on the field. The whole thing screams "fake" and "phony." > The NFL is offering 2,000 people a chance to watch the Stones play during the Feb. 5 extravaganza.

Congrats

The University of Texas Tower shines in orange when its team wins a national championship [http://www.utexas.edu/spotlight/tower_lighting.html]. I thought I read once that it shines entirely in orange (gold?) only when its football team won a national championship, but the link above says it

Catholic Radio Leads Election Victory in Poland

And our secularists hate American talk radio and its domination by the Religious Right. I wonder who their most popular personality is, Rush Limbowski? > The Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza has provided extensive coverage of that country's latest national elections and has concluded that the “real winner” is

Keating Asks Questions

In his most recent e-letter, Karl Keating asks a few tough questions about the Vatican's instruction regarding the ordination of homosexuals. Excerpt: > The recent instruction regarding the ordination of homosexuals took, by various accounts, anywhere from five to eight years to write. I realize that things

Thinking Really Fast

For those who missed news about the highly-respected Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near: [http://www.upi.com/Hi-Tech/view.php?StoryID=20051229-090610-4704r] > Kurzweil's latest futuristic tome is the sequel to his last bestseller, The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers

Chestertonian Poetry

A Chestertonian (fan of G.K. Chesterton) has dedicated himself to writing a new poem every day during 2006 [http://eveningisles.blogspot.com/]. I ain't no poetry expert and the year is awfully young, but it's a novel idea. I suspect it'll be worth