I am more than happy to do my small part:
Men are worse for the environment than women, spending more on petrol and eating more meat, both of which create greenhouse gas emissions. These are the conclusions of a new report by the Swedish Foreign Ministry.
So much to worry about with our kids: sex, drinking, drugs, tobacco, rap music, abductors. Now, we have to obsess over whether Starbucks might be trying to get them hooked on caffeine:
Starbucks, keenly aware of the pitfalls of being seen as trying to lure kids to drink sweet, caffeinated beverages, has for years insisted that it does not market to children — even as stroller traffic jams build outside some stores and teenagers pack others.
I love staying in hotels. Somebody cleans your room and makes the bed, the toilet paper never runs out and the towels are always clean, you can come at go at will. And then there is room-service breakfast, probably my favorite decadent pleasure of all time. To this day, I vividly remember a newspaper conference in Miami about 20 years ago. Three mornings in a row I was drinking orange juice and coffee and eating toast and bacon while sitting on the balcony and alternately reading the paper and gazing at the ocean view. Man, I thought, if I could choose how to live, this would be it.
There is no way for this to play out except for liberals to gloat, conservatives to be defensive and libertarians to go, "tsk, tsk, tsk."
The differences between liberals and conservatives may run deeper than how they feel about welfare reform or the progress of the Iraq war: Researchers reported Sunday that their brains may actually work differently.
We've now had our first presidential debate in Spanish, with English subtitles, and the candidates fell all over themselves to prove their Latino credentials:
And the candidates were eager to connect their experiences with those of the Latino community.
The general rule is, as we get older, that men get guts and women get butts. But we are so body-conscious these days that even men are worried about their behinds:
Having realised that more and more women are looking at their behinds, men are now giving their bottoms top-of-the-line treatment.
Headline of the day, from a Wisconsin State Journal story: Mosquitoes want your blood. Gee, do ya think?
Everybody I know has been complaining for a week about how bad the mosquitoes are this year. Apparently, they are not just wimpy whiners:
“We know there are an abundance of nuisance mosquitoes. We're getting a lot of calls,” said health department spokesman John Silcox.
Holy cow -- my mother was right:
SCARY movies and TV programs are responsible for almost one third of fearful night-time thoughts experienced by young people.
Somebody yesterday asked me what I do in my spare time.
"Blog, mostly," I said.
"What's that?"
The fashion police of Southwest Airlines try to kick a passenger off the plane for apparel that is "lewd, obscene or patently offensive” to ensure the comfort of children and “adults with heightened sensitivities.” Her outrageous clothing? A miniskirt:
