Random links
- Christmas Is for Those Who Hate It Most
- "We have it sunk deep into our collective cultural consciousness that Christmas is for the happy people. You know, those with idyllic family situations enjoyed around stocking-strewn hearth dreams. Christmas is for healthy people who laugh easily and at all the right times, right? But this is backwards. Christmas—the great story of the incarnation of the Rescuer—is for everyone, especially those who need a rescue."
- Using marker at school leads to OKC teen’s arrest
- The offense: "Under City Ordinance 35-202, it is illegal for any person to possess spray paint or a permanent marker on private property without the permission of the property owner." - this is the cause seen in the police report. The article mentions that marker originally bleeding through paper... and then later states a claim that the student also wrote directly on the desk. Personally the latter claim seems to me like a cover-your-ass attempt to later justify what seems like an entirely ridiculous thing to perform a citizen's arrest for. Sanity might have led to some disciplinary action for vandalism, but this seems idiotic.
- Incest Is Cancer: The David Epstein incest case: If homosexuality is OK, why is incest wrong?
- "Incest is for hicks. That's the stereotype among educated liberals: Homosexuality is urbane, polygamy is for Mormons, and incest is for hayseeds. So when David Epstein, a Columbia University political scientist, was charged last week with third-degree incest for allegedly shagging his adult daughter, the blogosphere erupted."
- Whole Foods Wants to Be Your Prep Cook
- What do you think of pre-cut veggies and the like. Whole Foods is taking this further than you might have seen done in the past, but most grocery stores seem to be headed that way. Personally I thinking that I'll stick to chopping up my own onions, carrots, and the like. Bagged salads on the other hand...