Odd Consumer News
I like to plug the crafts. I don't do any crafts myself and never have, not even
models as a child. I'm not "all thumbs." That'd be an anatomical improvement.
I'm more like "all big toes."
Anyway, I
Eric Scheske
Malcolm Blook
I didn't realize that my Malcolm's Messages effort was part of a trend known as
"Blooks." I don't know whether to take comfort or feel humiliated.
> A blook is a book serialized on a blog site. That means you can subscribe
I Probably Shouldn't Imagine This One
"Hey, baby, let's lose these pocket protectors and lay down some formula by the
chalk board."
> Albert Einstein was the outstanding genius of the 20th century, but he was also
an ordinary man who had many affairs during his two marriages.
Link [http://www.cnn.
Fitting, I Guess
> Video makers notorious for filming women flashing their breasts said they will
donate revenues from "Girls Gone Wild" episodes tied to Mardi Gras to the Red
Cross to help Hurricane Katrina victims.
> "Mardi Gras is synonymous with New Orleans and 'Girls Gone Wild'
Trying to Reverse the Sterility
> The government said Friday it would give cash bonuses to Greek mothers who have
more than two babies, in an effort to boost the country's birth rate as the
population ages.
> According to a draft law to be presented later this year, mothers would receive
a
Homosexual Homily
Catholic Insight ran a sermon about homosexual marriage. It's for Canada's
situation, but it could easily be adapted to the U.S. Link
[http://catholicinsight.com/online/features/samehom_doc.shtml]. Excerpt:
> Let me review some of the milestones during that period that have set
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]