This has been an odd and infuriating news week – I can’t wait for next week! I started with rather light fare: “In a 3-3 vote this week, the board failed to approve a game license for the kids-themed food and entertainment venue on Harlem Road, citing concerns about violent video games.” The whole game [...]
Billie’s Quickies
It’s no wonder folks become confused when some politicians – and even some doctors – say things like this: “Spending more would not be a problem if our health scores were proportionately higher,” Dr. Arnold Milstein, one of the authors of the study, said in an interview. “But what this study shows is that the [...]
Miracle at Wawa and World’s Craziest Music Video
This guy drove all the way to the gas station with that mug on his trunk. Furthermore, he told me he once drove to work with his wallet on the roof, and it was still there when he arrived. I think he’s some kind of superhero, a lesser version of Magneto, perhaps. Then, there’s this, [...]
Cripes, Not Another Book Challenge
I only had to read the lede to know that this story was going to make me angry: A fight over books depicting sex and homosexuality has riled up a small Wisconsin city, cost some library board members their positions and prompted a call for a public book burning. Are these people for real? “We [...]
Billie’s Quickies
This has got to be the strangest, funniest, and oddly sweet Harry Potter fan I have ever seen…Harry Potter and the Japanese fangirl. I wish this were a joke – I really, really do: Company Denies its Robots Feed on the Dead. Funny and Informative: Palin’s Resignation edited by Vanity Fair’s Executive Literary Editor Palin’s [...]
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