Spirits Survived Katrina?
Interesting video clip of a story by CBS-affiliate about spirits roaming New
Orleans. Link [http://cbs5.com/video/?id=6789@kpix.dayport.com]. It runs about
four minutes.
Eric Scheske
Harmless Voodoo?
This article
[http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/9/22/central/12029924&sec=central]
says voodoo dolls are popular. Although the article appears to apply to Western
tastes, it's written from Malaysia and with a Malaysian perspective: the writer
indicates the dolls are harmless,
When a Culture Stops Doing What Comes Naturally . . .
. . . it pays:
> Middle-class mothers in France could be paid up to €1,000 (£675) a month -
almost the minimum wage - to stop work for a year and have a third child under a
government scheme to boost the birthrate, already among the highest in Europe.
>
Brews You Can Use III
It's the time of the year for pumpkin ale:
> The spicy suds were originally brewed by early New England colonist who sought
to stretch their supply of costly imported malt by fusing it with fresh
indigenous ingredients.
> The trick of this adult treat is sweetening the
In Canada?
This is odd. I would've assumed this could lead to a complaint with the Canadian
Human Rights Commission [https://thedailyeudemon.com/914/]. Link
[http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/23/D8CPU38G8.html]. Excerpt:
> A 14-year-old student was expelled from a Christian school because her
Get Me One of Those Pink Tri's!
The NYT this morning runs a news item on the Vatican's seminary instructions. I
wouldn't call it "objective." Link
[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/23/national/23priests.html]. Excerpts:
> Word that the Vatican is likely to issue instructions soon that could bar
Brews You Can Use II
Ten reasons beer is better than wine:
> 10. Beer doesn't rely on a piece of wood to give it character.
> 9. The French don't set the standard for beer-making and food-pairing.
> 8. Beer is richer, better looking and has a better
Brews You Can Use
> Most people who seek treatment at hospital emergency departments claiming their
drinks have been spiked are simply drunk, a new study has found.
Link [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16685758-13762,00.html].
Terrible Ted
> Those who live lives of immediate gratification, Huxley thought, would not be
able to bear solitude of any kind. As Mustapha Mond explains, "people are never
alone now. We make them hate solitude; and we arrange their lives so that it's
almost impossible for them to
More Public School Fun II
This type of problem, however, isn't endemic to the "coercion x local moneys +
federal requirement" formula described in my last post. This is just an original
sin thing:
> When we heard about the latest scandal embroiling a U.S. middle school, well, we
assumed it