Friday, March 15, 2013

March 15, 2013

I have got to start marking my calendar: March 14 is both National Potato Chip Day, and National Pi Day, and for the last 10 years in a row, I've missed both!

KTLA weatherman Henry Di Carlo fell for one of the oldest pranks in the book when he gave a 10th birthday shoutout to Hugh Janus on live TV this week. The classics never go out of style.

Daylight Savings Time, which began this week, is supposed to give us more daylight in the evenings, and less in the mornings. This all leads to the question: who decided that's what's best for everybody?

Feel sorry for Justin Beiber; not only is he 19, with more money than he knows how to spend, millions of devoted fans, and a newfound thug persona that he just can't pull off convincingly, he still looks like milk and cookies would solve all his problems.

A new study released this week found that female chimpanzees are aggressive. Who's paying for these earth-shattering discoveries?

A judge overturned the proposed New York ban on restaurants selling sodas greater than 16 ounces. The ban was proposed to lower the number of obesity-related deaths. I guess obese New Yorkers can stop looking for other ways to get those calories now.

People from all over the world are totally captivated by YouTube sensation Grumpy Cat. This 11-month-old cat, whose natural expression just looks like she's angry, was the biggest draw at the South by Southwest Interactive festival last week, where people stood in line for hours just to take a picture with her. She has a website, a Facebook page, and accounts on Twitter and Tumbler, plus a commercial deal with a cat food company. Does this strike anyone as normal? And, no, I'm not jealous because she has 59,000,000 Twitter followers, and I have about 10.

I truly empathize with women regarding the pain of childbirth. I have seen the size of newborn babies, and I have seen where they come from. So, yes, I get that the amount of pain is incredible. You can stop telling me now.

Three elite commando dolphins trained in knife combat and the use of explosives went AWOL during training exercises in the Ukraine. This is an actual news story, and not a premise for the next Disney film.

The first Jesuit pope in history was elected this week. Already, a list of challenges facing the new leader of the Catholic church has been compiled, including the scandals regarding abuse, cooperation with Eastern religious dogma, and reforming church doctrine to suit liberal parishioners. No word yet on consulting actual scriptures for guidance.

Agape' -- P

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