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Eric Scheske

Brews You Can Use IV

Actually, this is news you can use after you've had more brews than you can use: > Three Finnish computer science students have devised a system which enables air guitarists to hear themselves 'play'. The Virtual Air Guitar project, developed at the Helsinki University of Technology,

Brews You Can Use III

> A German brewer has taken aim at the female market by producing a beer called "Karla" that it claims does everything from calming the mind to preventing cancer. > The maker notes Karla contains health boosting ingredients like folic acid, lecithin soya extract and vitamins.

Another Wedge between Child and Parent

A California court has ruled that a girl has a cause of action for violation of privacy when her school tells her parents that she's gay. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/02/education/02schools.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1133528755-d/ntkfWld8r45DlgbMrs/A] . Excerpt: >

Brews You Can Use II

> A culture of 24-hour drinking and bingeing on alcohol may not be unique to modern society, say historians. > Experts have uncovered evidence that 12th century Londoners drank ale by the gallon, starting at breakfast time, due to poor quality drinking water. Link [http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Brews You Can Use

Two great things in one: the Middle Ages and Beer, the Middle Ages Brewing Company [http://www.middleagesbrewing.com/]. > Step back in time to when men were men, women were brewsters, and hand-crafted fine ale filled every flagon. Your quest for great taste leads you out of the

Point Worth Remembering and Pondering

> I'm reading Thomas Woods' book on the Progressive Era and one of the things that struck me was just how church philanthropy of that era so intertwined the physical and spiritual. Relief of poverty was viewed as a means to an end, not an end in

Charity Case

I'm guessing this charity has pretty high administrative overhead: > A charity executive used $210,000 meant to cure heart disease to get his own pulse pounding – repeatedly flying a dominatrix halfway across the country to spank him, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. > Abraham Alexander racked up

Mean Big People

Maybe I'm just too Pelagian-ish, but it's hard to believe people like this actually exist: > The yellow brick road ended in guilty pleas yesterday in Brooklyn Supreme Court for a husband and wife who mercilessly harassed and abused their midget neighbors by hurling racial

Catholic Top Ten

Catholic Book Publishers Association's Current Top Ten Lists [http://peopleofthebook.us/2005/12/01/december-catholic-bestsellers/]: Hardcover 1. Mother Angelica Raymond Arroyo. Doubleday 2. The Seven Levels of Intimacy Matthew Kelly. Beacon Publishing/Fireside 3. The Rhythm of Life Matthew Kelly. Beacon Publishing/Fireside 4. Catechism of

Sigh, It's Sullivan

Like Amy Welborn [http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/2005/12/for_my_health.html], I tend to stay away from Andrew Sullivan. Car wrecks are interesting, but when you see them every day, day-in-day-out, it gets tiresome. Sullivan sees everything through pink sunglasses, the type of guy