Detroit
Here's a blog worth visiting if you're from Michigan: Detroitblog
[http://www.detroitblog.org/]. It's neat, but it's hard to explain why it's
neat. It celebrates a broken city, and it doesn't hide the decay. In fact, it
Topic
Current Affairs
A collection of 493 issues
Tuesday Trifles
Why do men cheat? Here are the Top Five reasons
[http://health.yahoo.com/experts/menlovesex/88222/your-mans-infidelity-triggers/]
. I like number three:
> I'm not saying it's right, and I'm not saying it's fair, but some men can feel
like they'
Are You Pro-Life? Yes, I'm For Everything That's Good.
"Pro-life" means you're against murder. Can we keep that simple premise in mind?
I started thinking about this yesterday when I stumbled across this post at Vox
Nova [http://vox-nova.com/2008/03/10/vetoes-of-evil/] that basically says water
boarding and sticking scissors in the back
Tuesday Trifles
I haven't ran anything about William F. Buckley's death, mostly because many
others were doing so far better than I could. For some reason, though, I
particularly liked John Zmirak's tribute at Taki's Top Drawer
[http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_
Planned Parenthood to Golf to Stabbing
I didn't sleep well last night, so I woke up in a bad mood. I read a news story
about Planned Parenthood's promotion of pornography
[http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11904] to teenagers, and figured,
"I'm in a bad mood already,
Tuesday Quick Hits
For extra credit, who can name for me Cheech and Chong's seven movies
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheech_and_Chong#Filmography]?
> Oaksterdam University prepares people for jobs in California's thriving medical
marijuana industry. For $200 and the cost of two required textbooks, students
learn
Quick-Hitting Eudemon
Croup girl (Tess, 2), flu girl (Abbie, 13), and Bad-Dream Girl (Meg, 6). The
nights have been longish . . . for my wife. I've been sleeping fairly well.
__________
And it's just a coincidence that this attitude shift comes on the heels of the
rebate announcement: Growing confidence in
Saturday Stuff
The illness lingers, but I think it's mostly over. I'm actually going to try to
exercise today. Nothing too rigorous. Maybe three miles on the stationary bike,
or maybe some light weightlifting, or maybe just a couple of groans thinking
about it. We'll see.
Brews You Can Use and Other
Beer stimulus package: $1,200 per couple, plus $300 per kid. My rebate:
$3,300.00.
Earlier versions of the bill capped the number of child rebates at three (which
makes no sense; if they're giving child credits because people with kids have
more expenses, why cap it
Divorcing Gays
"One of the Benefits of Marriage is Divorce
[http://timothyjones.typepad.com/old_world_swine/2008/01/one-of-the-bene.html]."
That's the theme of this WaPo article [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22467049/]
about the problems of getting divorced if you're gay. The article