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Eric Scheske

The Weekend Eudemon

Running Man 2005. A week until Christmas. I've done virtually no shopping, the social functions are landing like a flurry of hard jabs, and I have commitments with my children. Should be interesting the next couple of days, seeing if I can live without breathing. On top of

Anonymous STDs

It's hard to comment on this one, other than to thank my stars that my parents taught me the virtue of marriage: > E-mail sent through Web sites launched in Los Angeles and San Francisco is providing people with a free, sometimes anonymous, way to tell their

Mega-Shut Down

Aaron Wolf at Chronicles has a good piece about the mega-churches' decision to shut the doors on Sunday [http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/cgi-bin/christmas.cgi/Churches%20Against%20Christmas/2005/12/16=] . Excerpt from conclusion: > What we can get at church that we can't get

Odd Coverage

I've been seeing a lot of news stories about the "radical right's" boycott of pro-gay, pro-feminist, pro-abortion companies. The stories don't usually mention that there's been a similar effort among the "radical right's"

Virtual Economy

The Economist takes a look at the on-line gaming world that has spawned a real world economic sector. Link [http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5300059]. Excerpt: > Millions of people now spend several hours a week immersed in “massively multiplayer online role-playing games” (MMORPGs)

E-Santa

Santa Claus is on the 'net: > Out-of-work actor Kevin Lowry thinks he has not only stumbled upon a holiday gold mine, but perhaps his perfect role: Santa Claus. > No matter that the 27-year-old Chicagoan has nary a white hair upon his head, or

Black History Month

> Morgan Freeman says the concept of a month dedicated to black history is "ridiculous." "You're going to relegate my history to a month?" the 68-year-old actor says in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes" to air Sunday (7

Brews You Can Use III

Modern Drunkard Magazine says its roots stretch back 100 years to a publication in Boston known as Genteel Drunkards Drink at Hiram Rich's Real Irish Saloon, which started as a response to a Boston Globe writer's (Mr. Hollis') printed criticism of Hiram Flannery Rich'

Latvia Dissin' the EU?

> MPs in the Baltic state of Latvia have passed a constitutional amendment ensuring that gay couples cannot marry. . . . > Members of Parliament said they were concerned that since Latvia has joined the European Union, EU laws will enable gay people to gain rights including the right to marry. But

Brews You Can Use II

> Scores of independent breweries across the nation have begun brewing a special beer to honor Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday in January. Poor Richard's Ale was formulated to resemble a beer that Franklin himself might have enjoyed and brewed. Link [http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/