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Eric Scheske

Gross Godzilla

Sounds tasteless, but maybe it'll be funny. We don't plan on keeping our finger off the remote long enough to find out: > In a new Modernista commercial for Hummer's H3, a rampaging, Godzilla-like creative tears through a city until she meets up

Dream Job

Dwight Silverman at Tech Blog has described Eric Scheske's dream job: > Bars definitely have their own personalities, which is the sum of the characters who patronize it multiplied by the atmosphere of the venue, to the Nth power of the owner squared. (I knew high school algebra

Ghost Hunting

Here's a fun piece from Netscape News about the ongoing efforts of ghost hunters. Link [http://channels.netscape.com/ns/atplay/package.jsp?name=atplay/pm/ghostsexist]. Excerpt: > Visitors of the ancient house of Berain in Northeast Wales certainly seem to think so. According to the BBC,

Cathcasting

> One of the most popular Christian podcasts, Catholic Insider ( catholicinsider.com [http://www.catholicinsider.com]), already exceeds 10,000 listeners for each program. The founder is the Rev. Roderick VonhÃ¶gen, 37, a priest from the Netherlands, who heard about podcasting from one of his parishioners and has become

Giving Anti-Gay Rights a Bad Name

> Members of a church say God is punishing American soldiers for defending a country that harbors gays, and they brought their anti-gay message to the funerals Saturday of two Tennessee soldiers killed in Iraq. > The church members were met with scorn from local residents. They chased the

F-Word Endorsed . . .

. . . By one school in Britain: > Pupils are being allowed to swear at one Northamptonshire secondary school - as long as they limit their use of bad language to five times a lesson. > A tally of how many times the f-word is used will be kept on the board.

Move Over, Demolition Derby

A woman and a man are going to square-off in the ring . . . in Mississippi. > Indeed, this freak show is too freaky even for Las Vegas, which is why they're holding it in Mississippi. Mark your calendar for Oct. 15 if for some reason you feel compelled

Helicopter Parents

Interesting article about "helicopter parents": folks who hover over their children at college, complaining and intervening at every level. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050828/ap_on_re_us/college_helicopter_parents]. Excerpt: > Heightened parental involvement is one of the biggest changes on college campuses

Perfect Post for Monday Morning

> Coffee not only helps clear the mind and perk up the energy, it also provides more healthful antioxidants than any other food or beverage in the American diet, according to a study released Sunday. Link [http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-30/112524804049300.xml&

"Oh yeah? . . .

. . . the study doesn't show that they cry when poison-filled needles come at them, so abortion is still okay." > A new study has revealed that unborn babies cry within the womb. Ultrasound videos taken of infants within the womb revealed 28-week-old babies crying in