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Eric Scheske

Brews You Can Use III

> Archeologists in southern Peru have uncovered a brewery dating to about 1000 A.D., and, in a new research paper, conclude that it was staffed by "elite brew mistresses" probably selected for their "beauty or nobility."' Link [http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-

Fleiss Comes Back

Well, if this blog thing doesn't work out, at least I'll have options: > Former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss is looking for a few good men. > Fleiss has decided to return to the world's oldest profession – and says this time she&

Sci-Fi Politics: Politics in a Future World?

Michael Kinsley at WaPo mentions some uncomfortable political facts about abortion [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/17/AR2005111701452.html] : > The last thing in the world that Republican strategists want is repeal of Roe . If abortion becomes a legislative issue again, all those pro-choice

Brews You Can Use II

Starting next Thursday, properly-licensed British pubs can stay open 24 hours a day [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4441328.stm].

Brews You Can Use

Thousands of drink recipes [http://www.bartrend.com/].

Sports Gone Wild, Episode 1,490,333

> Looking back now, it should have been obvious that something was amiss about the adult football team that Texas Christian School fielded three weeks ago in Austin. > Not to mention the tattoos. > "Some of the guys had tattoos and full beards and looked like they were

The New Child Abuse

> "If you deny a 14-year-old girl her mobile phone and MSN (Internet chat) access, it borders on child abuse," Elisabeth Staksrud told financial daily Dagens NÃ¦ringsliv. Link [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1158710.ece]. Scandinavians are great fun. They avoid having children, and

Say No(y) to Soy

> Greenpeace activists today chained themselves to the anchor of a ship off the northern coast of Poland as part of a bid to prevent it from offloading its cargo of genetically modified (GM) soy, the environmental group said. Link [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,

The Internet Has Its Limits

> Albany police said 26-year-old Schelra Smoot didn't seem to care much whether or not he got caught when he posted an ad selling marijuana -- his ad specifically saying he wasn't afraid of the police. > Detective James Miller of the Albany Police Department

South Park Takes on Scientology

I don't know this blogger [http://oooohdark30.blogspot.com/2005/11/tom-cruise-needs-to-come-out-of-closet.html] and I didn't see South Park last night, but both sound pretty good (the poor grammar and spelling notwithstanding): > [F]or those of you who