PSA
I've been called to Lansing, where the Wi-Fi connections run $10.00 per half
hour. I'm going to try to catch a free radio wave, but if I can't, there won't
be much more blogging today.
Eric Scheske
12 and Hot?
Only in a world tainted with NAMBAism would this type of thing be considered
newsworthy:
> Natalie Portman is horrified she was considered a sex symbol aged just 12.
> The stunning actress shot to fame playing a young, Lolita-esque orphan who
befriends a hardened assassin in 'Leon&
Stabbing Scientologist
Interesting, though I'm sure the Hubbardites would either call it a fluke or
point to similarities with the Exorcism of Emilie Rose:
> On March 13, 2003, Jeremy Perkins, a 28 year old untreated schizophrenic,
stabbed his mother Elli 77 times. She bled to death on her bedroom
Grown Goths
Youth studies to predict adults must be the rage right now (see below):
> [A]ccording to a new study, parents of goths will probably end up boasting about
their son/daughter the doctor, lawyer or bank manager.
> That is the surprising finding of Sussex University's Dunja
Trash Science
> Remember the whiny, insecure kid in nursery school, the one who always thought
everyone was out to get him, and was always running to the teacher with
complaints? Chances are he grew up to be a conservative.
> At least, he did if he was one of 95 kids
Sprawl Me
Everyone hates urban sprawl, right? Nope. Link
[http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=11948&R=EB9725ECE]
. At least a few neo-cons think it's a good sign that we're losing agricultural
land faster than a marine recruit loses his hair. Even though
Gay Adoption: Social Cons on the Offensive?
> In recent weeks a flurry of activity has focused new attention on same-sex
adoption, which is being touted as the next battleground in the nation's culture
wars.
> Some states, including Ohio, are considering legislation to bar gays from
adopting. When local church officials ordered Catholic
Bond
Interesting Christopher Hitchens piece in The Atlantic Monthly about Ian
Fleming, who is described as "sadist, a narcissist, and an all-around repressed
pervert." I've read a few Bond books, at the request of my wife, who's a big fan
(no, she's
Chocolate
The chocolate review [http://www.chocolatereview.co.uk/]. It's not exactly good
fare for Lent, but you might want to check it out on Sundays and after the 40
days is over.
Standby
I"ve always wondered how much all those digital clocks and other little energy
things (e.g., night lights) cost me every year:
> [A] typical microwave oven consumes more electricity powering its digital clock
than it does heating food. For while heating food requires more than 100 times