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Eric Scheske

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

Time to Re-Think Last 30 Years of Gender Identity?

These reverse discrimination lawsuits are getting tedious, but I still enjoy them: > Maxime Goovaerts is a 100-pound, 5-foot-tall eighth-grader who didn't know field hockey was a girls sport when he signed up. After all, both boys and girls play in his native Belgium.

New In-house Pope Mobile

For use in the Vatican: Link [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050923/ids_photos_wl/r2007962235.jpg]. Thanks, Open Book [http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/].

Prison Action

The NYT this morning has run a story about a former prison inmate's lawsuit against prison officials. The suit alleges that the officials violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment by refusing to protect him. I try to keep this site reasonably urbane,

Something for Sunday Morning

> Branded enemies of the "progress of public spirit," [the Carmelite nuns of Compiegne] were killed as part of the [French] Revolution's systematic effort to efface all trace of the living God from France. > Priests and nuns were jailed and killed by the score, churches