Politics Again
Silly Study
Slate.com through The Week magazine, writes about a study conducted by Match.com. The results are interesting, and I quote: "Voters who support Donald Trump are 11 times more likely to expect sex on the first date than are supporters of Hillary Clinton..."
Voter Registration
Well, I've been a registered Independent for some time now because I didn't like what either party was doing. However, now that I see the Donald in action, I think that I will rejoin the Democrats. I had toyed with the idea of becoming a Republican so that I could somehow vote to protest Trump, but I think that my vote would be better used to vote for one of the Democrats vying for the open Senate seat in Maryland. As you may know, Maryland has restricted party primaries. I don't like that because Independents and others are shut out from voting.
Healthy Air
The Week magazine reports that fine particulate matter from cars, trucks and factories could be shrinking our brains. Over time, the brain could shrink by .32%, equivalent to one year of aging.
People in the DC/Baltimore area are not too lucky in this regard, because the prevailing wind blows minute matter through the air from the West Virginia lumber mills, straight across and over us. Yuk!
But just think about those poor Chinese people living in smog-filled Beijing!
The Week magazine also reports about a British entrepreneur who sells $115 jars of English-countryside air (that has passed over babbling brooks) to residents of smog-polluted Chinese cities.
Headlines
Readers Digest recently listed some weird headlines:
o Man Arrested After Harassing Couple in Car He Thought Was an Alien Spaceship (fox16.com, Little Rock, Arkansas)
o Lexington Woman Being Strangled with Bra Fights off Attacker with Ceramic Chicken (WKYT Lexington, Kentucky)
o School Mistakes Huge Burrito for a Weapon (USA Today)
Nice Kitty
The New York Times mentioned a New Zealand report that indicated :
o The best place to pet a cat: Upper cheek, between ear and eye.
o The worst place to pet a cat: Lower back near the tail.
Our Siamese cat, SuZee, has her own ideas on the "best place to pet a cat".. several, in fact:
o On top of the bed quilt anytime.
o Next to Elaine's wheelchair at bedtime.
o On the long table where she has to be helped to climb up on, by snapping our fingers. She's very adamant about that, and is a pain about it.
There are a few things that SuZee doesn't do, even though I spend a lot of time on the effort.
o Learn to purr. She never has.. I purr as an example, but she doesn't catch on.
o Stop throwing up. Yelling at her doesn't work.
o Stop running away when people visit. Nobody has ever seen our cat except Elaine and I. And she is able to anticipate someone nearing the front doorbell. She disappears until the interloper leaves.
Alligator Tossing
Here's an update on the story about the young man who threw a live alligator through the drive in window at a Florida Wendy's: The Week quoted his mother: "He does stuff like this because he thinks it's funny...he's stupid."
Creative Criminality
Readers Digest quoted myfox8.com about a college student who was arrested for using counterfeit money. This bright co-ed tried to pass bills that had the signature of the Secretary of the Treasury signed "Moe Money."
Boy was he wrong!
Forbes.com reported that listeners to the BBC on April 18, 1930 heard the announcer say: "There is no news today." Instead he had piano music played.
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