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Some quick lunchtime news chum for your dining enjoyment:

• From the “Well, Shit!” Department: An appeals court has overturned the FCC Indecency Rule. Expect society to be totally warped as fleeting expletives and wardrobe malfunctions overtake violence on television in popularity.
  
  
• From the “There’s an App for That” Department: A Facebook app, that ( Read more... )

My daughter is so mature and intelligent (an extremely rare trait in a teen). I just had to share something she wrote on Facebook (with her permission, of course):

Small minded = small bodied ( Read more... )

Some selected news items, gathers over the lunchtime perusal of the papers:

• From the “Kramer Krud” Department: Swine Flu is impacting more than just the workplace. It’s having a big impact at summer camps, as reported by the NY Times. In Maine, there are 33 camps with outbreaks, and another 10 in the pipeline being tested---and some have 70 to 100 ( Read more... )

Now that I’m starting to feel a bit better, some chum gathered over the last few days. You might not have seen these, given how Michael Jackson seems to have forced any other articles off the page:

• From the “Dining Car” Department: The LA Times had an interesting piece on today’s train chefs, who still have to prepare food with limited supplies in ( Read more... )

Some observations from today’s lunchtime reading of the papers:

• From the “Oh, It’s In” Department: The NY Times has an interesting article about how the fashion markets are increasingly addressing larger young women’s fashion needs, including new large-size lines at Topshop, Target, Forever 21, and other retailers. The article notes, however, that ( Read more... )