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The Nutty Customer

> For years, Janey Karp has battled depression and anxiety with the help of prescription drugs. Though millions of Americans do the same, Karp admits she is intensely private and can't help but feel stigmatized for needing medication to feel normal. > So when the 53-year-old Palm Beach

Wyndham

I like the little literary anecdotes. I found this one in The Ong Reader. If you know about Wyndham Lewis' [http://www.wyndhamlewis.com/biog.html] challenging personality, you'll get a kick out of it: > Marshall McLuhan tells this story on himself. He and his wife

Hopkins on Movies

Anthony Hopkins about today's movies [http://www.thisislondon.com/showbiz/articles/21912127?source=PA]: > The Hollywood star's latest film, The World's Fastest Indian, is a true story about a New Zealander motorcyclist who broke the land speed record. > Sir Anthony said of

A Fool and His Money

This man beat that old saying: > The 32-year-old Londoner, sold all his possessions in March, took $135,300 to the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, did some low-stakes gambling, and then placed everything he had left on 'red'. > The wheel was spun, a crowd of supporters

Poor Moses

"No. I said, 'Let's discuss the goy issue.'" > In a closed-door meeting this week in an undisclosed site near Baltimore, a committee of Jewish legal experts who set policy for Conservative Judaism will consider whether to lift their movement's ban on

Chinese Rolling Stones

> Chinese readers bought nearly every copy of the inaugural edition of Rolling Stone in Beijing yesterday. > On the cover of the first edition in Chinese of the American bible of pop culture is Cui Jian, the godfather of Chinese rock and roll. Featuring the 44-year-old rock star was

Ads

The question has come up: "Can I put a text ad for a charity on The Daily Eudemon?" The answer is, "Yes, assuming your charity isn't 'Moloch Worshippers in Hollywood' or some such thing." Moreover, the $10 would be tax deductible as

Gay Skating Cowboys Video

Just after the Olympics, just before the biggest round of Brokeback gushfest [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkp9OXAVD88&search=%22a%20little%20less%20conversation%22] .

The Weekend Eudemon

Mellow morning. I was dogged tired yesterday, too exhausted even to blog (as regular readers may have noticed). I even had a Catholic topic to mention: the great Harry Potter debate. I guess the exorcist Gabriele Amorth issued another statement [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49097]

Moving a Little Slow

I'm moving a little slow this morning. A friend is moving to South Carolina, and a group of us gathered at the drinking club to see him off. I stayed until after 11:00, which is about two hours after my normal bedtime, then went home and engaged