Misc. 6.7.06 They caught the bikini strangler and released his details. You'd expect more from a rehabbed sex offender with tattoos on his neck. (Oh wait. They didn't say he was a "rehabbed" offender. But he must've been, right, or he wouldn't
Literate Kids Jeffrey Tucker at Lew Rockwell argues that the Internet and email are increasing children's literacy [http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker69.html]. He might be write right. He mentions a thing called "Pooh Blogs [http://poohblogs.21publish.com/]," which, based on a quick scan, appear to
Contracepting Rome Historians agree that declining population was a major cause of Rome's fall. When I did brief research regarding the cause of the declining population, two mainline sources blamed it on plagues (see this post [https://thedailyeudemon.com/4465/], third paragraph) and don't mention contraception and abortion,
Chattel Mortgage A Romanian man has handed over his wife to a creditor as payment for his debts [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1868389.html]. The story says that the woman now lives with the creditor and enjoys it. I'm guessing the woman went voluntarily or, if not,
666 Update I haven't heard of anything bad happening, and the infamous date has already passed in parts of the world. I made it back from Lansing, and my children are okay. If you've been killed or something, let me know. One devilish problem, though: my computer is
Barrying Crime > Officials in one Sydney district have decided to pipe [Barry Manilow] music over loudspeakers in an attempt to rid streets and car parks of hooligans whose anti-social cars and loud music annoy residents and drive customers from businesses. > Following a successful experiment where Bing Crosby music was used
It's Here It's 6-6-6, and I didn't wake up dead. I have to drive to Lansing to give a speech to the Lansing Catholic Lawyers Guild, so maybe I shouldn't be cocky. For that matter, my computer is malfunctioniing terribly (no email, no access to MS
Spider Eudemon Scanning the web for worthwhile post. Here are today's favorites: Anti-ennui front: Dave Wilson bowled for 102 hours, one minute and 25 seconds. He bowled 480 games over more than four days [http://wfmynews2.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=64337]. Thanks for glorifying inner-city gangs: Bristol Township
Non-Profit Suggestion If you're a Catholic non-profit group that sends priests to guest celebrate Masses at various parishes, in hopes that parishioners will give your organization money, don't send a 50+-year-old priest with a ponytail, unless the church is in the Bay area, Key West, Massachusetts, or
Plastic Surgery Reality HBO is filming a documentary about disasterous plastic surgeries [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyid=2006-06-05T031650Z_01_N04213602_RTRUKOC_0_US-TELEVISION-PLASTIC.xml&src=rss&rpc=22] . It's called Plastic Disasters, and I guess it's pretty nasty: > Intercutting the