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Eric Scheske

The Weekend Eudemon

A much abbreviated Weekend Eudemon this week. My wife and I are dealing with dueling croup [http://health.yahoo.com/ency/healthwise/hw31906] banjoes. Max (turned two on August 1) and Tess (seven months) both have it. One cries, gets the other going, the first cries more. There's

Letterman on McDonalds

> How many folks been to McDonalds lately? They're trying to improve their image. They now have big screen TV's and leather coaches”¦I'm thinking wouldn't that money have been better spent on actual beef?

VHS: RIP

John Robson writes a eulogy for the VHS. Excerpts: > The Citizen obituary said after only 28 years, VHS tapes won't be made as of 2006. In an intimation of mortality, a year ago the Daily Telegraph said Britain's largest electronics chain no longer sold VCRs,

A Sexual Predator Prot in the News

Statistics show that Protestant clergy are more likely to commit sexual sins than their Catholic counterparts, but they don't often make the news. Probably because the Protestant misconduct doesn't often involve teenage boys, but at times, the other side of the Tiber makes the news: >

Mandatory Training for Gay Sensitivity

When sin isn't condemned, it is encouraged. In this case, NYC schools have taken the position--consistent with public schools' moral agnosticism--that gay conduct isn't better or worse than heterosexual conduct. Neutral, right? Unfortunately, it appears the students aren't buying into it,

Brews You Can Use III

You get paid money for that? Frat boys will be lining up for miles. > A Japanese artist has been paid Â£5,000 of taxpayers' money to drink 48 bottles of beer and then fall off a wooden beam. > The performance, at an arts centre in Cardiff,

Brews You Can Use II

Cooking with Beer [http://www.beer100.com/cooking/index.html].

Link References

Readers have probably noticed that I have been providing the source of my articles. Instead, for instance, of posting "Link," I write, "NY Times Link." I do this for your convenience. The identified links are usually registration-only links. In order to save un-registered readers

Get a (Virtual) Life!

Always something odd in cyberspace. This time, it's a virtual life. Millions of people have signed up for websites that allow them to enjoy plush casinoes, cruises, yachting, fine dining, and other amenities. They pay a monthly fee ($10, according to the registration I checked out), assume a

Brews You Can Use

> The newest buzz beverage in the U.S. is sake, the centuries-old traditional rice wine from Japan. > This year's Joy of Sake, the largest tasting event outside of the beverage's home country, was packed at its three stops: Honolulu, San Francisco and New