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Eric Scheske

Blog Advertising

Blog advertising hasn't caught on big yet. There's revenue trickling in, but not at the levels people expected. But that could change, thanks to the results of a recent Audi blog advertising campaign: > GMD Studios CEO Brian Clark, whose agency does work for Audi, said,

Western Civ

This isn't a matter of religion. It's an issue of a basic education in Wesern Civilization. But for all I know, the boy may have been only six years old. > A Christian charity is sending a film on the Christmas story to all 26,000

Odd Consumer News

From dust you came, but when you die, they can use your cremated remains to make jewelry: > In fact, there's enough carbon in those ashes to make about 20 gems. And there will still be several pounds of ashes left over to display on the mantlepiece. >

My Link Policy

It's been awhile since I mentioned my link policy, so I'll repeat it: The Bloghorn: If you're a blog and you link to me, I'll link to you, unless your site is disagreeable. Just e-mail me and let me know that

Holding Parents Accountable

Great Britain is starting to take measures against hooligan children and to make parents more responsible. Perhaps we could do that in our inner cities. Then again, the ACLU types wouldn't approve of restraining orders on "the children." > Problem children are to be targeted under

Ex-Gay to Lead Charge

I'm told there are many former gays out there who will testify to the disordered nature of homosexuality and its damaging effects. Why don't we hear from them more? > Stephen Bennett was active in the homosexual lifestyle for more than a decade before leaving that

We Need Studies to Tell Us This?

Clint Eastwood summarized these findings in Dirty Harry: "A man's got to know his limitations." > Dozens of studies agree: Most people overrate their own abilities. This tendency can have severe consequences: young adults making poor decisions about college and careers, pilots flying into storms and

Kill the Smurfs

Odd choice of advertising. Using children figures in a way that makes the ad unacceptable for viewing by children. > The people of Belgium have been left reeling by a public service commercial featuring the Smurfs, in which the blue-skinned cartoon characters' village is annihilated by warplanes. >

Boy George in Prison? . . .

. . . Isn't that kinda like selling Jessica Simpson to a white slave trader? > Police arrested Boy George, whose real name is George O'Dowd, at his home in the Little Italy neighbourhood of the city, after they responded to a call reporting a burglary in the early

Catchphrases

In this morning's New York Times, P.J. O'Rourke takes apart Leslie Savan's Slam Dunks and No-Brainers, a book apparently dedicated to lamenting the use of catchphrases. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/books/review/09orourke.html]. Excerpts: > Savan