Monday, January 28, 2002

Astrid Lindgren died today...
I cried when I read this.

(no NYT log-on? get one! it's free!
stubborn? read a shorter article here.)




PENRYN, Pa. (AP) - The police department has refused to direct traffic at a YMCA triathlon because it says the club promotes witchcraft by reading Harry Potter books to children.
oh, lord. what's wrong with people?



Actual NYC report card comments, from Netizen news:
4. Your child is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.
6. The student has a "full six-pack" but lacks the plastic thingey to hold it all together.
ok, yes, I know this has been around and around in various forms for years.
I still think it's damned funny.


and:
(via Jish)
Up from the Ashes, 8 designs for a replacement for the WTC.
What the hell...?
although number 3 is cool. anything with pedestrian-only spaces is just ducky, in my opinion.