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Eric Scheske

Wetting and Burning

With the biggest bar night of the year just 48 hours away, this story is timely. Be careful out there Wednesday night, or this could happen to you: > A German man drank too much, wet his bed and set fire to his apartment while trying to dry his bedding,

Time to Get New Friends

The good James Kushiner comments on a new product [http://merecomments.typepad.com/merecomments/2005/11/whats_in_your_d.html]: > What really spun me around completely, and I haven't stopped thinking about it since, is one small box marked "Drink Check": "Protect yourself,

St. Fillan Apparently Fell Short of His Goals

Real estate developer forced to modify plans because the proposed digging would hurt the faeries: > Marcus Salter, head of Genesis Properties, estimates that the small colony of fairies believed to live beneath a rock in St Fillans, Perthshire, has cost him Â£15,000. His first notice of the

Turkish Delight

I assume turkish delight will become a rage as soon as LWW hits theaters. Here's a recipe for it, though I can't vouch for it. My wife's going to try it when we get closer to Christmas. I'll let you know how

Clerical Hubris

Article about ex-priests who run "Rent-a-Priest" and perform (play act) the sacraments [http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/living/religion/13198533.htm]: > [Ex-priest] Shuster . . . still performs occasional weddings and other services, including hosting an annual Christmas Mass at his home for about 30

Christmas Wars

Article about the "Friend or Foe" legal campaign by Christian lawyers to protect the religious implications of the season [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/11/20/MNGVDFRH081.DTL] . I'm not entirely comfortable with the campaign, but I tend to

Rinpoche Boy

Have the Vegas odd-makers established a line yet on whether the boy is a fraud? > Thousands of pilgrims are pouring into the dense jungle of southern Nepal to worship a 15-year-old boy who has been hailed as a new Buddha. > Devotees claim that Ram Bomjon,

Logically Consistent

I like it. Call it, "The New European Church" or "Church of the Relativity." > A German brothel owner is planning to build his own multi-denominational church. > Bert Wollersheim, 54, who has over 50 prostitutes working for him, plans to preach frorm the pulpit

Misc. 11.20.05

Read this morning: "Only an imbecile could ever hold that freedom is the highest or indeed the only principle or end of life." Murray Rothbard, foremost libertarian thinker of the late 20th century. No intelligent libertarian would hold otherwise, but if you're dealing with redneck libertarians,

Dyin' to Die

From Secondhand Smoke [http://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2005/11/more-ugly-truths-about-assisted.html]: > A Swiss assisted suicide organization called Dignitas has helped a depressed woman kill herself in Germany. True, the woman presented a fake medical report, stating she was very ill. But the head of