If you haven’t Simpsonized yourself yet, it is kinda fun. It took me two tries to get something that resembled myself, but this is about the best I could do:
After the bridge collapse into the Mississippi River yesterday, experts are saying that many US bridges are unsafe. Either this is just good ol’ fashioned American panic, or these guys have been waiting until they had our full attention. According to their figures, about 1/4 of American bridges are “structurally deficient” or “functionally obsolete”. Neither term sounds good to me.
The newly-promoted editor of the Oakland Post, Chauncey Bailey, was gunned down yesterday in broad daylight. At around 7:30 in the morning a masked gunman took him out, right near Lake Merritt and the County Courthouse. The gunman must have had some vendetta going on, because it doesn’t get much more public than that within the borders of Oakland.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health has ordered marijuana dispensaries to fatten up their bags. Actually, the request stems from the conversion between grams and ounces, but still!
In the great state of Oklahoma, you can now get license plates that say ‘global war on terrorism’, and feature a bald eagle and the twin towers. If the colors on the sample are correct, it also boasts a desert storm style background… which may actually help your Ford F-150 blend into your crappy state’s scenery.
How about some old Russian buses and trolleys? I thought you’d like that.
Drinkingmap.com proves that Americans (plus Egypt, and.. what is that, Dubai?) are jerks when it comes to the drinking age. For a while there, I thought at least a few other nations set their drinking age at 21. At least somewhere in Europe, right? It had to be. But no. Why does every one of our laws have to be the trend-setter for most-restrictive in the world?
The United Countries of Baseball. God dammit, are there THAT many Reds fans? Buncha jerkasses.
Ron Mueck art installation. I know I’ve seen his work before somewhere…
