A reader just sent along this link: Traditional Catholic Reflections. Pretty neat.
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Teachers handed out mock certificates of achievement to sixth grade students. They were vicious: "Most Likely Not To Have Children" and "Sir Clowns-a-Lot." At first, I thought the teachers had singled out one boy for the mocking, but later the article quoted the sixth grade boy, "They (were) putting us down and everything." Based on that (and only that, I haven't read anything about the story, except the article linked above), I assume lots of kids received the mock certificates. The boy's family now says he needs counseling.
Whatta pansy. Teachers said a lot ruder things to me when I was a kid, but it was generally meant in good fun. If there's more to this story than the child's incredibly-vulnerable sensibilities, feel free to post it below.
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This article wins Best Title of the Month: "Never Mind, I'll Just Sit Here in the Dark: A brief history of the Jewish mother."
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Stories don't get much better than this: Police arrested a man for marijuana possession, but not before officers had to save him from choking after he apparently tried to hide the drugs by swallowing them.
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Brews You Can Use
What beer did ballparks used to advertise? This link has a good discussion and some great old pictures.
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This kind of beautiful heroism brings a tear to my eye:
A flood-isolated Australian town was in danger of running out of beer this week until emergency volunteers came to their rescue.
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Gambling declined while beer and food sales rose slightly in bars, restaurants and gambling establishments in Washington last year, the first full year under a smoking ban, state figures indicate.
The reason? Beats me, but maybe it's because people like the smoke-free environment, so they're going out more. That's a great reason to allow restaurants to allow smoking. If smoke-free establishments are such a great idea, they'll come about naturally. We don't need to go Nazi on all the business owners.
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The USDA might expand the list of what food and drink is "organic." It's apparently causing problems with the rapidly-growing organic beer business. The insufferables at Anheuser-Busch have gotten permission to call their Wild Hop Lager "organic," even though it uses hops grown with chemical fertilizers and sprayed with pesticides. Is nothing sacred anymore?
