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There's nothing wrong with it, of course, but we're amused that they're handing out Atkins diet food to the hungry in Appalachia. Link [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,152875,00.html].

The Wisconsin governor ordered flags flown at half-mast this week. The result? The separation-of-church-and-staters are upset: "The gesture 'appears like an endorsement of Roman Catholicism over other religious viewpoints,' said Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. LINK [http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/

Here's a great rant by Elinor Dashwood [http://mommentary.blogspot.com/]. Has it all: masculinity, a shot at popular weakness, religion. If a man had written it, he'd be accused of being insecure. > What's the deal with these men who talk about feelings?

On Tuesday, Kansas passed a constitional amendment against gay marriage. Yesterday, NYC says it must recognize gay marriages from other jurisdictions. Link [http://nydailynews.com/news/v-echo/story/297689p-254885c.html]

Eric Scheske has written elsewhere that all those beautiful women in the magazines and movies don't really exist. Link [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=24526]. This story and pictures of 61-year-old Diana Ross support his assertion. Link [http://nydailynews.com/

According to this guy [http://beerblog.genx40.com/archives/2005/april/britains], the Nutshell is the smallest pub in England. "Weighing in at 15ft x 7ft, it seats about ten people with room for about another half a dozen standing. After this it becomes all very uncomfortable, or cosy,

A reader sent us the following humorous observation: > I have been watching some of the media coverage of JPII with much amusement. > It's amazing isn't it? Here we have a man who was born into a devout Catholic family in fervently Catholic country. He

May the Holy Father rest in peace. May the rest of us follow his example, which is nothing less than to follow Christ. The text of the homily is available all over the Internet, but here's a link [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=

Last month, we mentioned that Eric Scheske's daughter, Meg (4), still feared "the salami" that hit Southeast Asia in December. This evening, Eric ran outside to chase off two stray dogs that potentially threatened to attack his wife and two youngest. Meg came to the door,

Being from Michigan and a former Detroit Free Press paperboy and an occasional reader of Mitch Albom, Eric Scheske finds Albom's alleged fraud about MSU players meeting at a tournament game interesting. LINK [http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=9216]. The MSU column is vintage Albom: