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Oct. 31st, 2013 05:04 pm
novapsyche: a young girl sitting with her fist up to her chin, her face turned away, ringed by a blue crescent (crescentgirl)
It's been raining all day, overcast, gloomy. I doubt many trick-or-treaters will show up tonight. A shame, really, as we have three bags of candy at the ready.

I can only hope it's raining over in Fargo, where a woman plans to hand out "fat letters" to those kids she judges as being too large to enjoy Halloween. Better yet, it could rain over her house only, so that the kids can still enjoy the evening elsewhere.
novapsyche: a woman of stature circa 1900s peering out of a ring (womanring)
EU lawmakers OK beefing up data protection laws

2-time Iraq war veteran's SpongeBob gravestone removed by historic cemetery -- "Despite getting prior approval for the gravestone from Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, the cemetery recently removed it, saying it did not fit in with the character of the historic and picturesque cemetery."

Buck Scientists Find Link Between Red Wine and Lower Risk of Alzheimer's

Runner in Kansas City marathon sets knitting record -- Knitting while running!

Study: Female Breasts Age More Quickly Than Other Body Parts -- This is a real article.
novapsyche: a woman of stature circa 1900s peering out of a ring (womanring)
Majority of Handprints Found in Ancient Cave Paintings from Women | more

Earliest known nervous system found

Eating popcorn 'disrupts advertising' -- "Researchers found that viewers remember brands by simulating the pronunciation of a new name with their mouths. [...] 'The mundane activity of eating popcorn made participants immune to the pervasive effects of advertising,' said Sascha Topolinski, one of the researchers."

Now We Have Proof Reading Literary Fiction Makes You a Better Person -- And people look at me askance when I say the only fiction I read are the classics.

Why we miss Kay Bailey Hutchison -- The Texan paper of record disowns its own endorsement of Ted Cruz

More Tea Party/Cruz news on this day of impending government reopening:

Anderson Cooper decides GOP strategist Alex Castellanos is 'high' after he says Cruz is 'having bunny sex'

Tea party wants to take America back -- to the 18th century
novapsyche: a woman of stature circa 1900s peering out of a ring (womanring)
Never Drink Alone Again Because Now There's Wine for Cats

Jack Spade Jerk-Off Protest Promises To 'Fill The Streets With Semen'

Shopping chaos ensues in Louisiana Walmart stores after EBT cards stop showing credit limits -- Some of this is really poor reporting, because EBT balances didn't "get removed", which implies that they were granted unlimited spending. They were deactivated, essentially. (This article was one of the earliest to report on the issue.) It's like if you went to a department store, tried to pay with Visa but was declined; even if the glitch was known to have affected everyone who had a Visa card, the store would be perfectly within their rights to not take that type of payment from someone. That these Wal-Mart stores did so was commendable but they had to have known that they may not be able to recoup their losses.

Stanford scientists 'eavesdrop' on the human brain

On Science, Communication, Respect, and Coming Back from Mistakes -- Fired for what???
novapsyche: a woman of stature circa 1900s peering out of a ring (womanring)
Calling Ted Cruz to talk about the shutdown? Leave a message -- "None of Cruz's offices, whether in Washington or in Texas, are answering phones during the federal government shutdown. The junior senator is the exception. His fellow Republican, Sen. John Cornyn, and Dallas-area House members each have their Washington offices and at least one district office open and accepting calls."

Jury convicts Jacksonville lawyer in Internet gambling case -- "[The verdict] was the dramatic high point of an intense six-month long, high-profile criminal case that in March sent scores of people to jail and created a political scandal that led to the resignation of Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll." (You remember the chick who implicitly denied being a lesbian because she, as she stated, was too attractive.)

New details emerge in Jewish divorce-gang probe -- "An eight-member kidnap team tied to a pair of rabbis using violence to get a religious divorce suited up for the task at a New Jersey warehouse by donning Halloween masks and bandannas, a newly updated federal complaint states. [...] A preferred method involved a cattle prod[.]"
novapsyche: a woman of stature circa 1900s peering out of a ring (womanring)
Dogs Experience Similar Emotions as Humans, Study

Buffalo neighbors miss crack-dealing grandmother -- The first time I read the title, I thought the neighbors didn't notice that the woman was dealing. I was in error.

Boston mayor, USW blast walkout by school bus drivers -- This is a slightly more neutral take than what appeared in the Herald, which had a rather obvious anti-union undertone.

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