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Eric Scheske

More Exorcism

> It is a devil of a job but someone has to do it. Applications are invited for exorcism training at the Vatican's Rome university, the Athenaeum Pontificium Regina Apostolorum. The 10-week course includes sessions in exorcism rites, how to talk to the Devil, the tricks he

Something for Sunday Morning

> He who weeps and thinks of the horrors that both precede and follow death, before they actually come to pass, cannot help but have patience and humility--the two foundation stones of silence. Gregory of Sinai

DeGeneres Prank

This is the third time I've mentioned Ellen DeGeneres today. That's not good, but I couldn't resist this one: Dateline Hollywood ran a satire in which Pat Robertson says that Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans because it's Ellen DeGeneres' home town.

Ice Cream with Salsa?

Heavy metal cellists? I guess they're pretty popular with teenage orchestra members, but I'd never heard of such a thing: Apocalyptica Website [http://www.apocalyptica.com/bio/index.php]

Odd Consumer News

The rugged laptop? For what? Blogging in combat zones? Then again, it makes about as much as sense as driving a Hummer on city streets. Link [http://www.hummerlaptops.com/]. Excerpt: > Just as tough, reliable, and go anywhere as a HUMMER, this laptop is the perfect addition to your

Raising Ellen

Out of curiosity, I clicked on the Ellen DeGeneres Actor Page on Yahoo. These pages provide a snapshot biography of famous actors. Each snapshot presumably presents the most salient information of a person's life, even if much of it is mundane (e.g., where a person was born)

Our Ellen Degenerating Society

> More women – particularly those in their late teens and 20s – are experimenting with bisexuality or at least feel more comfortable reporting same-sex encounters, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050915/ap_on_go_ot/

Odd Consumer News

> Oh Thank Heaven for 7-Eleven! Slate [http://www.slate.com/id/2126309/] reports on the 40th birthday of the Slurpee, which has frozen an estimated 6 billion brains and arguably provided the inspiration for Starbucks' Frappuccino, Dunkin' Donuts' Coolatta and Kwik-E-Mart's

King of America's Past Time

> Couch potato, thy name is Suresh. Suresh Joachim broke the Guinness world record for the longest time spent watching TV. He finished Friday with 69 hours and 48 minutes. > After passing the previous record of 50 hours and 7 minutes Thursday, Joachim continued until shortly after 7 a.

Chilling Blog

What happens when a man with a blog dies, making a post and then less than a day later dying in a car accident? The juxtaposition, from a lively blog to remembrances in the Comments section, chills. At least it did me. Sobering Link [http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?