Well, three links actually.
My niece Amylynn proves better than DNA could that we’re related when she grumbles, “What the hell is with greeters in every single store?” Read what she has to say — They make me mean – I can’t even help it.
The Melbourne, Australia, Catholic archbishop wants funerals to be about God and not a celebration of the deceased, so he’s banning football club songs and popular music at funerals — Catholic Church bans footy theme songs at funerals. It’s an interesting little discussion, but I link so you can scroll down and see the list of “Most unusual funeral songs.” *
And in Reefer Gladness Timothy Egan discusses California’s Proposition 19. He begins:
It was early still, and daylight, so when I called up The Dude to get his take on new polls showing California on the verge of becoming the first state to legalize, tax and regulate recreational use of marijuana, I knew he wouldn’t be, um, distracted. Not just yet.
Who’s opposed (other than the moralists)? The liquor industry, the medical marijuana industry and the drug cartels.
* I don’t want a funeral, but if there is one, please play Cee Lo Green’s current hit.