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Eric Scheske

Odd Consumer News

You never cook and sit at the same time, so why not this: An easy chair that converts to a dinette. I like it. Link [http://www.vestaldesign.com/projects/armchair/]. Thanks, Boing Boing [http://www.boingboing.net/2005/10/11/armchair_converts_to.html].

On Comparing Ourselves

Pierre Manent writes about the predicament of modern man's unique sin. It rings true with me, so I reproduce it here: > Comparing oneself to others is the misfortune and original sin of men in our societies. The misfortune is that the man who compares himself with others

MADD in DC?

> In the District [of Columbia], a driver can be arrested with as little as .01 blood-alcohol content. > As D.C. police officer Dennis Fair, who arrested Bolton on May 15, put it in an interview recently: "If you get behind the wheel of a car with

American Lesbian Dolls

Two of my daughters love American Girl dolls (my third daughter is only six months old, so she's indifferent). Decisions will have to be made: > American Girl (owned by Mattel) is partnering with a group called Girls Inc. to sell a bracelet, the "I Can"

The Canadian-Catholic War Heats Up

I'm not acquainted with Joey Slinger, but his column in today's Toronto Star has irked Catholics. Bettnet [http://bettnet.dyndns.org/blog/comments.php?id=P5611_0_1_0]calls it a declaration of war. I tried to register in order to read the column in

Charles Murray's Bell Curve Redux

Charles Murray has published a book essay about the intractable differences among certain groups and the inability of social policy to overturn those differences. WSJ Link [http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110007391]. Excerpt: > Good social policy can be based on premises that have nothing to do with scientific

Rolling Grave Stones

If this doesn't sound the death knell of rock-n-roll, nothing will: > Rock 'n' roll is dead – the Rolling Stones have inked a deal to debut their latest video on the NBC soap opera "The Days of our Lives" next week. >

Kurt Vonnegut is Still Alive

Still alive and still unhappy. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101101844.html] . > He's seen Slaughterhouse-Five get the Hollywood treatment. He's seen it selected No. 18 on the Modern Library's list of the hundred best

The Death Man Walketh

Little brother of The Knack [http://www.knack.com/home.html] star will try again, with sights a little lower: > Southfield attorney Geoffrey Fieger announced Tuesday that he will seek the Democratic nomination for Michigan attorney general in 2006. > A wealthy plaintiff attorney, he parlayed his popularity in

For Under-Childed Americans

Familiar theme: In an age when the average couple has 1.7 kids, they need to squeeze all that love into one or two units, when it's meant to be spread among many more: > A new Bravo show – following on the MTV hit "My Super Sweet