24 August 2005

Hasidic man upset over image

First, I thought, did you say one point six million? Now I'm not so sure how I feel about this. If it were my face, I'd want to have been asked for permission before some guy, no matter how renowned an artist, used my image to make many thousands of dollars. But it would have to be a spectacularly bad image of me for "severe mental anguish, emotional distress, humiliation and embarrassment" to ensue. Interesting case. Hasidic man upset over image

Press Wrestles With Grammatically Incorrect 'Virgin'

Just add the freaking hyphen! For crying out loud, life is too short. Press Wrestles With Grammatically Incorrect 'Virgin'

23 August 2005

Fun at the Post

This was the left column on the Washington Post's front page a little while ago:

Opponents of the evacuation of the West Bank settlement of Sanur set fires today
to slow troops enforcing the order. (AP)
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Kids Return to 'New' Campus
Latino youth advocates beautify grounds, seek
to tamp down gang influence at a Md. school.
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For a minute there, I thought, with all the stabbings lately, one was somehow related to the other.
Note to Post editors: Try to remember what pics you're running at the top of the column, eh?

01 August 2005

News Story - Verizon Online

Here it is, the biggest injustice one can do to our daughters (yep, bigger even than letting them drive!): News Story - Verizon Online: "'To allow a teenager to purchase the morning-after pill in the same manner as she would purchase cough drops or bubble gum is the biggest injustice one can do to our daughters and granddaughters,' state Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long had written in a June 24 letter to the governor. 'Governor Pataki, please protect our daughters with your veto pen.' "