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Eric Scheske

Eric Scheske

Far Out! Our Whole Country Could be California!

> More than 40 percent of Mexican adults say they would move to the U.S. if they could, and 1 in 5 say they would do so illegally if necessary, according to surveys released yesterday by the Pew Hispanic Center. > Surveys of 1,200 Mexican adults in February

Military and Minors

Parents and others are objecting to military recruiters' access to public high school students, and they're encouraging families to "opt out" of such recruitment. Link [http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0818/p11s01-lifp.html]. Excerpt: > "There's really an effort on the

A Great Divorce?

Tumultuous times in the advertising and media industries. When it all shakes out, will the blogosphere and other online cottage industries be in the mix? It's a fascinating time period that we suspect will be analyzed and discussed by industry experts and, later, historians for many years. >

Flippin' Dopeheads

Great, because a bunch of dopes can't resist the allure of melting their brains, the rest of us will suffer: > Gov. Theodore R. Kulongoski signed legislation on Tuesday that would make Oregon the first state to require prescriptions for everyday cold and allergy medications that can be

Another Way to Get Your Warhol Fifteen

> How much would you pay to be immortalized as a zombie in a Stephen King novel or a good guy in a John Grisham thriller? > King and Grisham are among 16 authors selling the right to have a character in a book named for the buyer to raise

Wanted: Beer Drinkers

> Scientists in Singapore have invented a battery powered by urine. > How It Works > The battery sandwiches copper, paper laced with copper chloride, and magnesium between two plastic layers. The "sandwich" is later laminated. > "When a droplet of human urine is added into the

Maybe Being a Lesbian is Man Enough

From Britain: > Fertility doctors may no longer be required to consider the welfare of the child when carrying out in vitro fertilisation. > Regulations requiring clinicians to take into account "the need of the child for a father" could be scrapped, making it easier for lesbian couples

We Never Get a Happy Medium

For years, the advertising industry has been using ridiculously-skinny models and computer enhancements. Now, there's an "everyday woman" trend afoot. Ad agencies will use heavy women and, apparently, no enhancements. Couldn't we just get reasonably-attractive women, without the airbrushing or bilimia? Why

Revivalist Russian Orthodox Church?

Theophan the Recluse [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophan_the_Recluse] wouldn't be happy: > Russian police called out after complaints of loud music and rowdy singing found the noise was coming from a local church. > Officers arrived at the building in Moscow's Textiltschiki district

Nerd War!

"It was horrible, officer. They were stabbing each other with pens and bludgeoning each other their thick eyeglasses!" Link [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/computer.frenzy.ap/index.html]. Excerpt: > A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with