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Eric Scheske

Misc. 11.28.05

I decorated the Christmas Tree with the Seven last night. It went well. I had to keep vacuuming the floor to make sure Tess (8 months) wouldn't find any hooks to shove in her mouth, but other than that, the decorating party was successful. The tree's

The Daddy Has a Blessing

The New York Post runs a follow-up story to the baby who was cut from a woman's womb last year [http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/58198.htm]. > Almost a year after she was literally ripped from her mother's womb in a crime that

Commies Against Simpsons

America's love-affair with the show is a bit much, but surely this guy is going a little too far? > A Russian lawyer plans to take his case against The Simpsons to the European Court of Human Rights. > It comes after a Moscow Court rejected Igor

Wait Until the Porners Get This

> Singapore scientists looking for ways to transmit the sense of touch over the Internet have devised a vibration jacket for chickens and are thinking about electronic children's pyjamas for cyberspace hugs. Link [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/28/content_498580.htm].

Black Monday

I found this development interesting: > The Friday after Thanksgiving may be the kickoff of the holiday shopping season in malls and stores, but online, the big day is the Monday after Thanksgiving -- today -- when people go back to work. > "Thanksgiving is when we get lists of what

Encyclical Notice

I guess I'm a little behind the curve: B16 is coming out with his first encyclical in a few weeks [http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0506709.htm], a 46-page meditation titled Deus Caritas Est ("God Is Love"), which takes its inspiration from the

St. Wally?

I, quite frankly, don't know what to think of Wal-Mart. I disdain its grasping desire to bring every amenity in small towns--from groceries to eye care to gasoline to pharmaceuticals--within their boxed walls. Yet I also appreciate their low prices and know enough--barely enough-

Abortion Revisited?

Britain has very permissive abortion laws. An article in the Sunday Times raises a bunch of interesting issues about the practice over there. Link [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1892696,00.html]. The same issues apply over here. Excerpts: > A government agency is launching an inquiry

Good-Looking Drug Reps

I think everyone has noticed: drug company sales representatives are invariably good-looking. This NYT article says many of them are drawn from college cheerleading squads [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/28/business/28cheer.html?hp&ex=1133240400&en=56d70b525fedece0&ei=5094&partner=homepage] . Of

No Shame among Children?

WaPo runs a piece this morning about school suspensions [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/27/AR2005112701164.html] . They're increasing, but some are questioning their effectiveness. It seems parents aren't taking much exception when their kids are suspended, and the students--shocker-