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Eric Scheske

Am I Supposed to be Surprised?

When you take the procreation out of recreation, it's only a matter of time until you take the recreation out of procreation: > Women are increasingly seeking inappropriate IVF treatment because they do not have the time or inclination for a sex life and want to "diarise&

Hurricane Enlightenment at Level 7

> A Dutchman says he is legally 'married' to two women at the same time. > Victor de Bruijn, 46, from Rosendaal, and his wife Bianca, 31, have signed a co-habitation contract with their friend Mirjam Geven, 35. > Although bigamy is forbidden in Holland, there is

More Atheism

The Huffington Post is interesting reading, if you like a relentlessly anti-Christian and anti-Red State approach to everything. Case in point: an editorial by blogger Cenk Uygur that mocks Christians for believing in a benevolent God. Link [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/god-doesnt-care-about-us_

Aiming to Entertain in Early Hollywood

King Vidor about why he wanted to make The Big Parade [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0015624/] (1925): > One day I had a talk with Irving Thalberg and told him I was weary of making ephemeral films. They came to town, played a week or so, then went their

Office Slang

A list of new office slang. Link [http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/2005/03/new_office_slan.html]. A few of my favorites: > 404 - Someone who is clueless. From the Web error message, “404 Not Found,” which means the document requested couldn't be located. “Don't

Catholic Cult?

Interesting piece in the Chicago Tribune yesterday. Important note: I know nothing about this group, except what I read in this article. I'm not endorsing or condemning this group (though I do defer to ecclesiastical authorities in such matters). Link [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0509240204sep24,

What Do You Get When You Cross . . .

. . . geeks with sex, art, and alleged civil liberties? This is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen [http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/25/webzine_fsm_porn_tas.html]. My (hopefully limited) sense for the morbid prompts me to mention it here: > Some crazy internet wackos

Stress Relief

That's funny, my close relationship increases the number of children, which, in turn, increases the stress: > The University of Toronto study, presented to an American Heart Association meeting, monitored 216 men and women for a year. > Those with stressful jobs but close relationships saw blood pressure

A Jewish Plot?

> A South African AIDS expert Saturday advocated male circumcision as the best available "vaccine" against the virus in his country, where an estimated 6 million people are infected and more than 600 people die every day. > Francois Venter told a congress of health activists in the

Historical Miniature

Hank Williams, from this morning's NYT [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/books/review/25keillor.html]: > Hank was a landmark, the first really sexy hillbilly. Chet Atkins, who saw him perform, said he was graceful like a snake, somebody you couldn't take your eyes