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Eric Scheske

Take Roll Call When You Get in the Van

I feel stupid taking roll call when I get in the van, especially when two of my children can't speak, but it works: > The Roy family came to the city for a Sunday outing: a visit to Largo Central Park and its Bluegrass Strings and Crafty Things

Boycott Beer

My hands trembled while typing that headline, but folks like this give drinking a bad name: > Bootie Beer, promoted as "America's Entertainment Beer,'' is taking on the heavyweights of the national industry: Miller Brewing Co., Coors Brewing Co. and Anheuser-Busch Cos. > Over

Doesn't Surprise Me . . .

. . . when the wife stops yelling at you, your blood pressure drops: > Everyday around-the-house activities such as housecleaning, yard work and washing the car have been shown to significantly lower blood pressure in people with hypertension and prehypertension, Indiana University researchers have found. Link [http://healthnewsdigest.com/news/

What is Anton LaVey's Symbol?

The cemetery branch of the military isn't ready to put the Wiccan symbols on grave markers (a free service for deceased veterans). I'm guessing they will shortly. And in a few years, we'll have requests from hedonists (alright, "Epicurians") to put genitals

Worth a Laugh

I was going to make-up some mock quotes from this group, but it's pretty much impossible to parody them. > The international dissident movement "We Are Church" is issuing an appeal to the Catholic bishops, gathered in Rome for the Synod, to confront the "

Secularists Wailing and Gnashing Their Teeth

A columnist at the relentlessly secularist Huffington Post is upset about Christianity. Link [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-schaub/the-lion-the-witch-the-_b_8323.html] . Excerpts: > The Palm Beach Post reports that Bush's "Just Read, Florida" program has selected CS Lewis' The

Narnia's Christianity Test

According to Time, whether the new movie is Christian rests largely on whether one passage from the book makes it into the movie. Link [http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1113226,00.html]. Excerpt: > Aslan's sacrifice on a huge stone table (not a cross;

Wait Till the ACLU Hears

ACLU: "We hope President Bush doesn't plan to infringe freedoms in the name of public health. If we let a pandemic flu destroy civil liberties, the flu has beaten the United States." > President George W. Bush said Tuesday that he was working to prepare the

Miers' Religion

The NYT runs an article this morning on the faith of Harriet Miers. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/politics/politicsspecial1/05miers.html?ei=5094&en=7e04971063f63746&hp=&ex=1128571200&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1128506591-+OBcdliwcZU0gng55ykzNw] . Nothing terribly surprising. As

Clooney the Liberal

I try to avoid blatant politics on this site, but Clooney's words today cracked me up and made me sneer. That accomplishment deserves a comment. > Ocean's Eleven star George Clooney is urging his fellow Hollywood stars to keep quiet when it comes to politics, because