Random links
- St. John's taxis leery of young women
- "A taxi company official in St. John's says some of his colleagues are thinking twice about who they pick up downtown because they fear they'll be falsely accused of doing something wrong." Here's a Canadian example from a few years back of the sort of thing they seem to be worried about.
- Where child sacrifice is a business
- Seems that this may be coming back in Africa: "A BBC undercover reporter is told: 'We can bury the child alive on your construction site'"
- Death industry reaps grim profit as Japan dies
- Been hearing quite a bit lately about increasing population sizes - but here's another side. Coffin hotels, etc, as crematoriums exceed capacity.
- Noise-Canceling Devices for a Good Night’s Sleep
- A lot more out there than just earplugs - although I think that even basic old earplugs seems to work reasonably well.