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The Coughing Blues

Short TDE right now. I was up all night with a cough (I feel fine, but couldn't stop coughing), so I slept in. Now I'm running behind. A few brief things: The current issue of The Atlantic Monthly confirms what I heard a few years ago:

Monday Mornin' Eudemon

The Missouri abduction cases still have people scratching, including me. While reading about the case, I found this in an AP story [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070114/ap_on_re_us/boys_found]: > According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, about 58,000 children

The Weekend Eudemon

I said the dry spell would probably last until the twelfth day of the year? I was wrong. Things got a little wet last night. My wife has to publish a booklet for our parochial school's annual Mardi Gras auction party. It takes about ten hours, and she&

French and Diversity

This [http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=48547], of course, is sad, but when I converted to Catholicism, one of my sticking points was thinking I was lining up with the French, so I'm not entirely bummed. It'd be like hearing that the Kennedy

Books and Junk

Want beautiful Catholic books? Go here: Baronius Press [http://www.baroniuspress.com/]. Baronius is a new publisher dedicated to bringing out handsome volumes of Catholic classics. Handsome . . . and reasonably priced. I may have to buy a few. With the exception of about 10% of my books, I have a poor

Movie Blogs

Note: I'm also looking for bloggers that discuss movies. Email link on the left (ejscheske@yahoo.com).

Rockin' Dante

Too good to wait until tomorrow [http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2121673.ece]: > The Vatican has challenged purist Roman Catholics by disclosing plans for a daring rock, punk and jazz opera version of Dante's Divine Comedy with a soundtrack written by an avant-garde priest.

Happy New Year

Welcome to 2007. A fresh year that doesn't feel too different. In previous years, I've always felt like things would be a little different, maybe a lot different. I found the new year exciting. This year, I don't, and I don't know

A Short Brewing Eudemon

I warned you that a few posts would be short between Christmas and New Years. Today's is one of the briefest: Flying Dog Brewery [http://www.flyingdogales.com/default.asp] is sponsoring a contest: Name their seasonal summer ale (a Belgian white). The winner gets a free trip

The Wednesday Eudemon

It's Ford day. Former President Ford died [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061227/ap_on_re_us/obit_ford]. Ford talks with Toyota are getting more intense [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,238950,00.html]. Central Michigan University won the Motor City Bowl at Ford