According to ABC News, the Boy Scouts of America are barring overweight VOLUNTEER parents from engaging in "high-risk" trips such as camping, and forcing them to have physicals before going on trips lasting longer than 72 hours. While I understand that parents may not want an overweight parent being the sole guardian of their child on a climbing ( Read more... )

 Jo-Ann fabrics is refusing to sell the March/April issue of Quilter's Home because of its content. Now, if you thought of quilts as heavy, moth-laden works that are featured in Pennsylvania bed-and-breakfasts, you're partially wrong. Quilts can also be works of contemporary art too. In a segment called "Shocking Quilts", several "controversial" ( Read more... )

 The following are posts from Adam Rightmann, a conservative minister and outspoken blogger:

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What news story have you heard or read lately that made you really angry? What about one that made you really happy?

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There were three stories this week that really pissed me off. One was featured in Jezebel, the other in The New Yorker, and the last in The New York Times. 
The story in Jezebel was about how legislators want to ( Read more... )

 Ugh, I got like no sleep last night. Firstly, I went to bed at like 8:30 because there was nothing to do and whatnot. Then, it was like two million degrees in the bedroom which weird because it was freezing in the kitchen and living room and there is only one thermostat in the house (which said it was 68). So I got like weird, fragmented sleep and ( Read more... )

I've applied for a few political jobs today, and I learned a few things. According to Trojan and the CDC, 86,920 persons under the age of 25 have a STI. That's in New York alone. And at first I was like "they are probably counting stuff like yeast and urinary tract infections" but no. The things they are counting are stuff like syphilis, HPV, and ( Read more... )

1) I am transferring/moving. If Rich goes to Pace, I'll be living in White Plains and (hopefully) going to SUNY Purchase. If Rich decides on the city, we'll probably be living in the East Village or Queens and I'll be going (hopefully) to CUNY Hunter, CUNY Baruch, CUNY City College, or Hofstra. Don't worry, I'll still be at M-Ville until May '08.

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