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Eric Scheske

Brokeback Buzz

> Who's afraid of a couple of gay cowboys? Not moviegoers, who helped "Brokeback Mountain" post the highest per-screen average over the film-flush holiday weekend. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051229/ap_on_en_mo/film_brokeback_mountain]. That's the

Internet Tastes

> Internet users share many common interests, but men are heavier consumers of news, stocks, sports and pornography while more women look for health and religious guidance, a broad survey of U.S. Web usage has found. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051229/wr_nm/internet_gender_dc;

Text Messaging

WaPo runs a piece this morning about the popularity of text messaging [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/28/AR2005122801430.html] . Excerpts: > A text message sent via mobile phone is usually confined to 160 characters or less and takes several seconds to send. To accommodate

Parents Matter, Exhibit 1,245,990

> Teens who have a secure relationship with their parents show faster development of coping skills than their peers with insecure parental ties, a new study shows [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10616716].

Tell that to the EU

> Man is the masterpiece of God's creation, and when a chld is conceived, "God already sees the future of that still-unformed embryo," Pope Benedict XVI said at his public audience on December 28. > God recognizes a human being even when the unborn child

Wafer Snacks

For an extra $10 a bag, an Anglican gay bishop will try to consecrate them for you: > Unconsecrated communion wafers are growing in popularity as a snack food throughout Quebec, alongside potato chips and popcorn on supermarket shelves. Link [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051227-010551-

Cutting One's Phone Bills

A novel way of establishing one's patriarchal authority: > Marlon Brando Gill may have taken AT&T's "reach out and touch someone" slogan too far, according to officials. Police have charged the Missouri man with felony assault, suspecting that Gill crammed a cell

Good for the Duchy of Muscovy

> The Moscow Patriarchate has suspended relations with the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Sweden after it decided to establish an official ceremony to bless homosexual couples, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday. Link [http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/12/27/churchgayban.shtml].

Hug Technique

For the hugging types in my audience: How to give a hug [http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1326555]. Related: When it is acceptable for a man to hug another man [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1108/] (see last paragraph).

Mother Teresa Bun Stolen

> When Bob Bernstein arrived at his coffeehouse to assess the scene of an early Christmas morning break-in, the one thing he noticed missing was the cinnamon bun that bears a striking likeness to Mother Teresa. > Bernstein said he believes that the culprit is someone angry over the