Eric Scheske

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Brews You Can Use

Few things are more disappointing than getting a skunky beer . . . especially if you're in a car and don't have any more cold ones with you. This beer blogger shares information on skunkiness [http://beerblog.genx40.com/archives/2006/february/thoughtson]. I'm not sure how

Slouching Toward Caligula

I like gambling and I like sex, but I don't combine 'em:Â > The moment Cindy Margolis joined the poker party we knew it's the start of really sexing up online gambling. And not just through those strip poker sites that teases you to

Warning: R-Rated Post

What luck. About five minutes after that last post, I ran across a partial explanation of why the pitiful porners need it all the time: > [S]exual intercourse with orgasm is more satisfying than an orgasm from masturbation alone. Now scientists think the two phenomena might be linked. >

Mardi Gras in Muncie

> Organisers of a mardi gras party say ticket sales have soared since church groups complained of drunk and lewd behaviour. > Co-ordinators of the mardi gras in Muncie, Indiana, report calls for tickets from as far as Chicago and Cincinnati. Link [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1735693.

Misc. Leno

Did you hear about this? Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams may be suspended for an entire year after he failed the drug test again. This is part of the NFL's strict 300 strikes and you're out program. The word from Fox News is that Prince

Trying to Find Something New

I've been reading so much about Muslims in Europe, it's getting hard to find something new. The New York Sun this morning has a great piece about the problem [http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=28013&access=219449]. Part of it is is well-trod

$100K Brokeback Shirts

> Tom Gregory just spent more than $100,000 on two used cowboy shirts. And he couldn't be happier. > The shirts are the ones worn by the ill-fated lovers, played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, in Oscar front-runner "Brokeback Mountain." > The shirts that

Fifties Site

I enjoy those narrow niche blogs, like this one: Plan59 [http://www.plan59.com/main.htm],Â a bunch of pictures and ads from the 1950s. Pretty cool.

Powerball Winners

I'm still battling this cold, bronchitis, junior plague, or whatever it is, so I went home at lunch to eat and take a nap. While eating, I flipped on Fox News and caught about 15 minutes of the press conference with $365 million Powerball [http://www.powerball.com/

I'm Gonna Live Forever!

I keep telling my wife that the pressure of providing for eight dependents is killing me. Turns out, it might be making into Methuselah [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah]:Â Â > Men who live alone, without a spouse or children, very often die young. The life-shortening effects of