PSA
Blogging will be light today, at least early on. If I had one more person
demanding a piece of my attention this morning, my head would explode.
My apologies.
TWE
Taking It With You and Not Leaving
I don't want to die and I don't want to be poor
[http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB113780314900652582-3NZCCoZBW7UHDmouEOrkzkalkfY_20060129.html]
:
> Mr. Pizer has made arrangements to have his body frozen in liquid nitrogen as
soon as possible after he dies. In this way,
Odd Consumer News
Blanket with sleeves [http://www.theslanket.com/].
America's Celebrity Obsession, Episode 2,310,554
What's next? Auctioning celebrity urine?
> [William] Shatner, famed for playing Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the
starship USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek TV series, sold his kidney
stone to online casino GoldenPalace.Com for $US25,000 ($33,000).
> The money will be donated
Movies and Health
> Researchers from the University of Maryland have concluded that watching a
comedy can increase blood flow as much as aerobic exercise or regularly taking
heart medication.
> On the flipside, the mental anguish caused by watching a drama significantly
decreases blood flow.
Link [http://www.news.com.au/story/
American Idol Anti-Gay?
Funny stuff:
> Bosses at America's leading gay rights group are demanding a summit meeting with
the producers of TV talent show American Idol after claiming the programme is
"increasingly homophobic".
> Officials at the Gay And Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) were
appalled by homophobic
Atlantic Miscellany
Miscellaneous passages from this month's Atlantic:
> [A] new study published in the British Medical Journal . . . finds that early
retirees have higher mortality than workers who stay on the job.
> [A new] survey indicates that one in four U.S. workers reads blogs regularly
while at work,
The Weekend Eudemon
I'm spry this morning. I left work early yesterday, not feeling well. I took an
inadequate nap, then--feeling a little better--headed to the drinking club.
Unfortunately, my wife came with me and brought along Tess (9 months). Tess
didn't want to be at the drinking club.
Orestes "Blog"
I'm still looking for blogs that revolve around the thought of famous Catholic
authors [https://thedailyeudemon.com/3686/]. Thanks to the reader who sent to my attention:
The Orestes Brownson page [http://www.orestesbrownson.com/]. It's not really a
blog, but it has blog-like characteristics, and
Catholic Neighborhoods
The same Atlantic article mentioned previously
[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200601/primarysources] notes as an aside that
Catholics are likelier to attend mass if they live in a heavily Catholic
neighborhood, and that such neighborhoods have better economic and social
indicators, including higher income and education levels and lower