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Top Party Schools

According to the Princeton Review: 1. University of Wisconsin-Madison 2. Ohio University-Athens 3. Lehigh University 4. University of California-Santa Barbara 5. State University of New York at Albany 6. Indiana University-Bloomington 7. University of Mississippi 8. University of Iowa 9. University of Massachusetts-Amherst 10. Loyola University New Orleans 11. Tulane

Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water

Kinda like the way Eric weeps when the barmaid takes away an empty longneck that was good to him: > Heroin addicts trying to kick the habit often profoundly grieve their lost "relationship" with the needles they use to inject the drug, according to a new study by

Maybe Being a Lesbian is Man Enough

From Britain: > Fertility doctors may no longer be required to consider the welfare of the child when carrying out in vitro fertilisation. > Regulations requiring clinicians to take into account "the need of the child for a father" could be scrapped, making it easier for lesbian couples

14 Years

Eric got buried 14 years ago today. It's the best bout with death possible: Seven children and a wife who is still attractive (seriously; we're not writing this because she's a regular reader). He wouldn't change a thing about his life, though

Weekly Features Post

Abbreviated WFP this week. Eric Scheske has four women and fourteen children (ages twelve years to four months) in his house tonight. They're all relatives of his wife, and therefore he is excused to go to the drinking club, where he'll overlook beautiful Lake Omena while

Tokens and Ennui Prevention

These folks are putting up pictures of game tokens. Don't ask us why. It strikes us as a colossal waste of time (maybe it's how Trekkies spend their free moments). It is, however, a pretty neat-looking page. Link [http://www.flickr.com/photos/petromyzon/sets/587315/

Dealing with Muslims

The New Yorks Times this morning has a neat piece that discusses how different European countries are dealing with the terrorist threat. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/14/weekinreview/14imam.html?pagewanted=1&hp]. But at one point, the NYT mentions civil libertarians' concerns: > [T]

Freaking Out Over Freaks

> Britain is in danger of becoming overwhelmed by a drug culture that would see a society where drug dealers hold political influence, the streets are teeming with "the walking dead", and "gated communities" are created to protect their residents. > This is the vision in

The Weekend Eudemon

A Friday evening of cheap wine and cheap football. It was the Lions' pre-season opener, and it was the opening of Eric's first box of wine. A box of White Grenache from Franzia. Five liters for $9.00. Eric doesn't drink a lot of wine

More Clark II

A reader sends this along: > I am a reader and fan. Thought you should read(below) a blog entry from yesterday on Rocco Palmo's blog, whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com [http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/] from yesterday about EWTN changing their stance on Clarke... > The Other Shoe Drops >