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Here’s something scary, for those of us who steadfastly refuse to name our children to match the current lame trends. A study by David Kalist (also registered at IDEAS) and Daniel Lee of Shippensburg University seems to indicate that unusual or uncommon names are correlated with increases in juvenile delinquency. Eek. I ain’t wanna be […] Matthew Yglesias discusses the problem of quiet hybrid engines sneaking up on pedestrians and cyclists. But apparently there’s some concern that hybrids are dangerously quiet and could strike people unawares… Thinking about it, it’s definitely true that as a cyclist I wouldn’t be thrilled about the idea of lots of cars silently sneaking up past […] Keith Olbermann is disgusted, and for good reason, frankly. …[I]n the Bronx 70 years ago today, Lou Gehrig composed himself in such a manner, with a strength that eclipsed even what he showed on the ballfields of the ’20s and ’30s, that he could give one final measure of himself with such honesty, with such […] I think Sarah Palin took this straight out of Tex Winter‘s playbook. Tommy Craggs on Gov. Palin’s Full Court Press: Dear Moen company in specific, and plumbing enterprises in general: You know what would be nice? If you could be consistent with your connections. Or, barring that, you could clearly label your stuff so that poor schlubs like me don’t discover, as I did last night, that the expensive new kitchen faucet I bought doesn’t […] I bet your July 4th wasn’t as awesome as mine. Yeah? Oh yeah? Oh, you traversed the Grand Canyon on horseback, ingested more than the recommended dose of peyote, and woke up next to Anne Hathaway? Okay, you win. Our weekend started Thursday night with a quick dinner and cake at my parents’ house, and […] Someone should be murdered for this, right? Right? Britta Bacon & Hayden Porter are childhood friends turned business partners. While Hayden was completely obsessed with high heels, Britta wasn’t even sure if she owned a pair. On her way to her daughter Kayla’s 4th birthday party, Britta was reminiscing about when Kayla was a baby […] How can the Southern Baptist Convention still call itself a Christian organization? Bigoted idiots. The Southern Baptist Convention has broken its 127-year-old ties with a Fort Worth Baptist church because the SBC views its stand on homosexuality as too lenient, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Baptist Press report. This, among other reasons, is why […] Oh, Sarah Palin. Will you never go away? Todd Purdum on the subject. Here are a couple amusing parts: But there were ominous signs—indications of an erratic nature. This is the third thing McCain could have discovered about Palin—a woman, after all, who kept a pregnancy secret for seven months, flew all the way home […] If you’re having trouble expressing your feelings about Michael Jackson’s death into words, I suggest you read today’s Achewood. |