Eric Scheske

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Multi-Cultural Hate Language

From Britain: > A black man escaped a possible jail sentence yesterday after claiming that swearing and using racist insults were part of his cultural identity [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1988901,00.html]. Billy Bob will done be gettin' himself to that thar England place and

American Idol

I watched American Idol with my family last night. During these early segments, you see two things: (1) an early look at potential front-runners; (2) the untalented who look ridiculous. I've always enjoyed the untalented segments. Vain individuals think they can sing and then get mad when they&

Crazy Romanians

> A Romanian priest has been fined and could be defrocked after he was caught playing poker in a pub. > Vasile Mihaila, 40, parish priest for Negoesti village in Gorj county, was caught in the act by police during a routine search. . . > Orthodox church officials said they have

Ads

I am now accepting advertising. It's cheap ($10 a month). The ad is text-only (like the ISI ad on the right), unless the advertiser wants to pay the design fee for a box ad. For more details, see the Advertisers page on the left.

Nagin Apologizes

Dang it! I was a believer. I thought he had a direct pipeline to divine thought. Now I'll have to cancel my plans to start the First Church of Nagin: > Mayor Ray Nagin apologized Tuesday for a Martin Luther King Day speech in which he predicted that

French Population Up? . . .

. . . kinda > France has had a slight upward blip in the birthrate, to 1.94, just below the replacement level of 2.1. It would be more reassuring if it were not exclusively among Moslems. > Because the French government does not gather statistics by ethnicity or religion, it is

The Blog Writer

Is blogging real writing? This guy says it is: > [I]t occurred to me that there is no such thing as blogging. There is no such thing as a blogger. Blogging is just writing -- writing using a particularly efficient type of publishing technology. Even though I tend to

A Story for Your Children

Having troubles getting your children to eat properly. Try this story [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006020536,00.html]: > A lad who only ate chips, toast and baked beans was killed by his junk diet – aged just 20. > After years of unhealthy eating, Scott Martin'

TV Me

Ditch those Natural Family Planning manuals. I've found them nearly worthless. Don't get me wrong. NFP is 99% effective, just like its advocates say. Unfortunately, most guys have relations with their wives more than 99 times every two years. The result? You can do the math

Violence in N.O.

Re-build this fine city ASAP: > A parade intended to show unity and support for the city's rebuilding was instead marred by violence Sunday when shots rang out, wounding three people as the event drew to a close [http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/16/D8F5IO7O2.html]