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Eric Scheske

Odd Consumer News

I can dig it: > Slice and eat with the same utensil! This time-saver cuts through pizza crust, forking up bites and delivering them right to your mouth! Great for other pancakes and waffles too. Stainless steel; dishwasher safe. 8 1/2"L x 2"W. $5.

Odd Consumer News

This story is hard to follow, but this appears to be the gist: Clothing worn by brand name icons has become a rage in Japan. One result: the McHottie. Here's a picture and here's a link to a confusing snippet [http://www.adrants.com/2005/09/

Pederasty Pushers

Don't forget, the sexual frontier was making these types of inroads a few years ago, but the priest scandal seemed to have killed it off: > A new book published by Haworth Press features multiple Ph.D. "experts" claiming that sex with children "can benefit&

This Probably Has Merit, Possibly

Interesting piece at The Chronicle of Higher Education. I distrust any analysis that divides people into two classes, but such an approach is often useful to understand a new way of understanding something. > Clarke divides people into probabilists and possibilists. Much modern scientific and governmental policy about disasters, he

The Jews Are Responsible for Global Warming, Too

I don't often have a chance to link to Alan Dershowitz or the other leftwing fanatics at The Huffington Post (this promising blog that I thought might give a balanced look at things has become relentlessly leftist). But this was a good one: > [An Amnesty International] report

Cat Fight! . . .

. . . and confusing verbiage: > "Hillary Clinton needs to be truthful, and for Bill Clinton to suggest that she not be, when we all know she's running for President, when he knows she's running for President, is less than truthful," Pirro told reporters. > She

The Smartest and Most Violent People?

> A United Nations report has labelled Scotland the most violent country in the developed world, with people three times more likely to be assaulted than in America. > England and Wales recorded the second highest number of violent assaults while Northern Ireland recorded the fewest. > The study, based

Sanctifying the F Word

I have long been interested in off-color language. I have no intellectual problem with the Second Commandment prohibitions. When it comes to mere vulgarity, I find it distasteful and low-class, often substituting for better forms of thought and communication. Yet to deem it sinful or malum in se,

JPII's Final Words

> Six hours before his death on April 2, Pope John Paul uttered, in Polish, his final words: “Let me go to the house of the Father.” They were “mumbled . . . in a faint voice” to Sister Tobiana, one of the Polish nuns who ran his household. > A meticulously detailed

Bloggers' Motivation

A recent survey revealed the following about bloggers' motivation: > Nearly 50% of respondents say they write a blog because it serves as a form of self-therapy. > One-third of bloggers write about self-help and self-esteem topics. > Fifty-four percent like to share their