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I missed a good beer story in the WSJ. Fortunately, the best beer site in the hops world covered it [http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=142]. Excerpts: > From 1950 to 2004, the amount of malt used to brew a barrel of beer in the U.S. declined by

During my morning surfing, I ran across this great quote from Rochefoucald [https://thedailyeudemon.com/2066/]: "It takes great cleverness to be able to conceal one's cleverness." Hence, the urbane subtlety of this blog. I'm so clever, you probably don't even know

The Pittsburgh Diocese might start using laymen to administer parishes [http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_116204355.html]. The story isn't clear on details. I'm assuming it'd work this way: The administrator would handle all the non-spiritual stuff, and a priest will ride a

> A German conservative leader said Tuesday he has filed a complaint with prosecutors accusing music channel MTV of disparaging Christianity in an ad for its Vatican parody cartoon "Popetown," which depicts the pope as a pogo-stick riding brat. Link [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GERMANY_

I missed this yesterday: > A US study has concluded that children consume the caloric equivalent of a bag of potato chips for every hour they spend in front of a television. Food advertising in implicated in causing unconscious eating among young viewers [http://www.boingboing.net/2006/04/25/

Aborting Where the Wild Things Are. [http://merecomments.typepad.com/merecomments/2006/04/terminating_the.html]

> Go ahead and have that second cup of coffee -- or third, or fourth. A study published on Monday shows heavy, long-term coffee drinking does not raise the risk of heart disease for most people [http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyid=2006-04-25T121417Z_01_N24211565_

Saw this at Open Book [http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/2006/04/paradise_lost.html]: > Legendary Pictures is developing a live-action film version of Paradise Lost, John Milton's epic poem, with Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) attached to direct, Variety reported. Vincent Newman (A Man

The hottest blog this side of the Styx is active again. Moloch Now [http://molochnow.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_molochnow_archive.html#114598632178874747] . Worth a visit.