Archive for February, 2009

From Telegraph:

The play was performed by teenagers at a mixed school in east London to coincide with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) History Month.

The original text was reworked to incorporate the gay twist by the comprehensive’s drama teacher, Jo Letson, to raise awareness of homophobic bullying.

However, the version, which was praised by actor Sir Ian McKellen when he saw it last month, caused a stir in parliament on Thursday.

Calling for a debate on political correctness during questions on upcoming Commons business, Tory MP Philip Davies said: “This is mind-blowing.

“Anyone with an ounce of sense would want their children to be learning Romeo and Juliet rather than Romeo and Julian.”

The MP for Shipley in Yorkshire added: “Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest works ever written. It is a play that every child should study.

“It is very worrying that this literary masterpiece is being used for such a politically-correct purpose.”

So corrupt!!! Read the rest of the story by going to the link above.

VIA Huffington Post:

Sky News reports that a man has been arrested for allegedly sending President Obama and his staff envelopes containing HIV-infected blood.

Saad Hussein, an Ethiopian refugee in his late 20s, sent a number of items to the offices of the Illinois government in the weeks before the US President’s inauguration, according to court documents.

One envelope contained a letter with reddish stains and an admission ticket for Mr Obama’s election night celebration in Grant Park, Chicago.

Court documents claim Hussein told FBI agents he is “very sick with HIV” and cut his fingers with a razor so he could bleed on the letter.

From The Modern Materialist:

Somewhere along the way in my happy hour adventures, I learned this little rhyme:

One, two, feeling cool.
Three, four, just one more.
Five, six, gonna be sick.

I always thought it was a cute way to remind myself not to drink too much (and yes, five will do it; I am kind of a cheap date), but the trouble is I forget the rhyme before it’s actually useful. But now there’s a bottle opener that will do all the work for me:

[Urban Trend]

The beer-counting bottle opener won’t tell you to stop drinking, but it will gently suggest that maybe you should, with surprisingly effective numeral-based passive aggressiveness.

From Asylum:

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Woops. This one is from Gainsville:

AARON DAYE/The Gainesville Sun

Gainesville Police Department forensic investigators Marc Trahan, center left, and Wendy Shirah, center right, investigate a 2001 BMW 330i parked at the 1900 block of NW 2nd Avenue where a man found dead inside the car who was believed to be John F. Waldo who disappeared earlier this month.

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From DNA:

William is a 20-year-old photography major.

He lives in San Francisco now but originally hails from Jamaica.

William says “my hands are always glued to my camera.”

With his photography, he likes to keep it simple.

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From Scanner:

This is Josh Freese, a session drummer and member of Devo, A Perfect Circle, and the Vandals, and formerly Nine Inch Nails and Guns n’ Roses.

As part of the promotion for his new record Since 1972, Josh created a menu of sorts, indicating how much Josh Freese and assorted rock ephemera your money will get you, and the prices go up to $70,000.

Starting with the $50 package, you get a personal phone call from the drummer, where he suggest you can ask such Qs relating to his experiences as “Which one of Sting’s mansions has the comfiest beds?”

For $250, you get a bunch of album-related junk and a lunch date with Josh to P.F. Chang’s or the Cheesecake Factory.

Five hundo will bring you, among other things, a dinner date at Sizzler. Josh sez: “get your $8.99 Steak and ‘all you can eat’ Shrimp on”

For $1K, you get drunk with Josh and “cut each other’s hair in the parking lot of the Long Beach courthouse (filmed and posted on youtube of course)”

For the limited edition of one $10K package, you get to go for chicken n waffles along with Twiggy from Marilyn Manson, and you get to have Josh’s Volvo, to keep, just asks that you drop him off at home first.

The $20K package includes a foot and back massage from Josh (couples welcome, discreet parking available) and any three items from his closet.

And finally, here are my favorite two items from the $75K package:  “-Take a limo down to Tijuana and he’ll show you how it’s done (what that means exactly we can’t legally get into here) -If you don’t live in Southern California (but are a US resident) he’ll come to you and be your personal assistant/cabana boy for 2 weeks”

So apparently, the attention of impoverished musicians can be bought…who knew? (Groupies did.)

From ZenHabits:

When it comes to money, the best defense is a good offense. The best way to avoid fallout from the national economy is to take control of your personal economy. By developing smart financial habits, you can remain calm even in the midst of a financial crisis. (Well, mostly calm, anyhow.)

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