So I thought it noteworthy that a man was walking down the street with a cross.
And equally noteworthy is that everything (except restaurants I guess) is closed today. And 7-11s, they’re open too.
Are they aware that not everyone is Christian? That in the DC metro area there are quite a few other religions?
So I was driving back from lunch and spotted this person walking along the sidewalk. Not normally photo-worthy, admittedly (nor even attention grabbing). But it looked like he was wearing a burlap sack or something, which is why I had a “WTF?” moment.
I got a little closer, and it looked like he was carrying something so “Ah ha, just something goofy looking that he’s carrying!”
Oh how right and wrong I was. Yes, indeed he was carrying something.
A cross.
A man, in a burlap tunic dragging a full-size wooden cross down the street.
Wow.
[For those not putting today’s date, Christianity and the man with the cross together; today is Good Friday on the Christian calendar.]
Me Thinks?: How fast can you say “Anorexia and bulimia rates skyrocket in American schools”?
Holy crap that’s stupid. Adding BMI to a report card? What?! Can they think of nothing better to spend time and effort on? If you want people to be cognizant of their health, pointing out all the ways in which they aren’t doing well will not make things better. It will make it worse.
Furthermore, where does a school (any school, public or private) come up with the idea that this is within its jurisdiction. *knock knock* ACLU, where are you?
WHFS Changes Its Tune to Spanish (washingtonpost.com)
If you dont’ have a Washingtonpost.com login, you may have to sign up for one. Here’s a quote to help it make sense:
WHFS-FM, the Washington area radio station that was a pioneering purveyor of alternative rock to generations of young music fans, did a programming U-turn yesterday by ditching the genre for a Spanish-language, pop-music format that transforms it into the largest Spanish-language station on the local dial.
Washingtonpost.com
It was quite the (rude!) shock on the way home last night. I think the decision that the FCC made a few years ago that led to ClearChannel and Infinity owning most of the radio stations, in a word, sucks. And sucks badly.
The above move is a result of that. For some background, WHFS had been one of (if not the) rock/alternative-rock station for the last 36 years. They’ve been a big force, even if they’ve slipped for (apparently) the last decade. I have two really big complaints, one I think just suddenly switching formats (it just flipped over at noon) is a slap in the face to all the people who’ve supported you in the past and two, it’s going to make a huge impact on the scene in DC. WHFS organized a TON of music events that someone else is going to have to step in and fill.
Blah. God I hate ClearChannel and Infinity (Infinity owns 99.1 which was WHFS).
Slashdot | What’s Your Terrorism Quotient?
Ugh. That is terrible. Those that posted comparing what’s going on to the Red Scare and McCarthyism are dead on, in my opinion.
This is ridiculous.
Ok, that’s how the “Terror Alert” system should work. Thanks have to go to Wil Wheaton’s blog. I never would have seen the Terror Alert with a sense of community otherwise.
BBC NEWS | Magazine | Rocking the bench
Can someone, please, tell me what the hell a “people carrier” is; and why, by God, we should be shocked that judges, of all people, are riding in them? If I didn’t know better I might assume that they were referring to “horseless carriages”.