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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Who Needs Clever?

A writer observes about Howard Stern moving to satellite radio where there are no censors: > Oddly, there was a charm to the censorship that forced the team to invent hilariously creative means for discussing raunchy topics with substitute topics. Somehow openly saying [expletives deleted] just isn't going

So Many Dirty Headlines, So Little Time

> Gregg Miller mortgaged his home and maxed out his credit cards to mass produce his invention - prosthetic testicles for neutered dogs. . . > Miller has sold more than 150,000 of his Neuticles, more than doubling his $500,000 investment. The silicone implants come in different sizes, shapes, weights and

Brews You Can Use II

This is kind of a yawner, but I didn't even know there was such an award. Maybe someone will nominate my dogged Friday morning coverage for an ale award. Maybe I'll win a quart of Pabst: > The Brewers Association recognized the work of three journalists

Gang Banger Prey

Following yesterday's criminal attack on two gays involved in illicit activity in a NY public park: > "Any place that gay people congregate is a hotbed for attacks," said Basil Lucas, spokesman for the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project. "People assume that these men

I'll Just Use the Discipline, but Thanks

Add a little bit of repentance, and you'd have a twisted form of Catholicism: > The First Assembly of God Church has a Fear Factor ministry that lets youths swallow live goldfish in order to teach them about fear. > "We need to be realistic about what

Scalia and the C

Infuriating the multiculturalists (all thirteen of 'em): > Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, will be Grand Marshal of Manhattan's 2005 Columbus Day Parade, Lawrence Auriana, president of the Columbus Citizens Foundation, announced today. The parade, which is produced by the non-profit

That Crazy L. Ron!

> Katie Holmes' mission impossible will be giving birth without painkillers - or screaming. > That's because her fiancÃ©, "Mission Impossible" star Tom Cruise, is a Scientologist. > Practitioners of Scientology are against drugs but insist on "silent birth" because they believe it'

You Gay Too

You tar them as homosexuals, in hopes that they'll stop condemning homosexual acts. Isn't that kind of like labelling a Prohibitionist a drunkard in hopes that he'll stop preaching teetotalling? Of course, the former is far more humiliating, hence the strategy, I'm

U.S. Will Give Up Control of Internet?

According to The Guardian, we'll have to: > A number of countries represented in Geneva, including Brazil, China, Cuba, Iran and several African states, insisted the US give up control, but it refused. The meeting "was going nowhere", Hendon says, and so the EU took a

Brews You Can Use

We'll call it the Eagle and Child, crack open some pipes, and pretend we're Tolkien, Lewis, Williams, Barfield, and the others. > The pub is 40ft long, 19ft wide and 22ft high. It can be customised for use as a fully working pub, with room for