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The Weekend Eudemon

“You want a piece of me?” It seems everyone does. My church held a living rosary last night. They wanted ten children from the parochial school to attend and, of course, only two volunteered, so I took over my four, leaving the three pre-schoolers with mom. After that: Drive a

Who Needs Clever?

A writer observes about Howard Stern moving to satellite radio where there are no censors: > Oddly, there was a charm to the censorship that forced the team to invent hilariously creative means for discussing raunchy topics with substitute topics. Somehow openly saying [expletives deleted] just isn't going

So Many Dirty Headlines, So Little Time

> Gregg Miller mortgaged his home and maxed out his credit cards to mass produce his invention - prosthetic testicles for neutered dogs. . . > Miller has sold more than 150,000 of his Neuticles, more than doubling his $500,000 investment. The silicone implants come in different sizes, shapes, weights

Odd Consumer News

Old-time photos? Or something possessed? It looks like a picture of Aunt Gertrude, until you walk by it. Then it turns ghoulish. Link [http://www.hauntedmemories.com/]. Thanks, Boing Boing [http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/30/morphing_ghoul_portr.html].

Narnia's Christianity Test

According to Time, whether the new movie is Christian rests largely on whether one passage from the book makes it into the movie. Link [http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1113226,00.html]. Excerpt: > Aslan's sacrifice on a huge stone table (not a cross;

Miers Pre-Approved?

> President Bush today nominated a Texas lawyer who serves as White House counsel, Harriet Miers, to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court ”“ a pick that apparently was pre-approved by Senate Democratic leadership. Link [http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46630]. When a

Falling Temps and Falling Marriages

> A chilly bit of Scandinavia is coming to the heart of London's West End Saturday with the opening of Absolut Icebar, a bar made entirely out of ice right down to the art on the walls and the glasses for the drinks. > Situated next to the

Something for Sundy Morning

Quotes from Simone Weil: > All sins are attempts to fill voids. > Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty. > Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the

PSA

Due to a rush of social and familial commitments, I don't have time to put together a Weekend Eudemon. The feature will resume next Saturday.

Muslim Sci-Fi?

There's a web page dedicated to it. Link [http://www.cs.rit.edu/~maa2454/SCIFI/sci_lit.html].