EXTREME HOBBIES John Weigel and Olaf Danielson are engaged in a frenzied battle of “extreme birdwatching,” each hoping to close out 2016 as the new North American champ of the American Birding Association, and a September Smithsonian piece had Weigel ahead, 763 to 759. Danielson is perhaps better known for doing much of his birding […]
NOTW: Fake babies, California justice and bedroom nightmares
YOUR ENGLISH TEACHER WAS RIGHT In September, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery concluded that records of an investigation need not be released to the Memphis City Council–because there was no comma. The law requires the records’ release “only in compliance with a subpoena or an order of a court.” Slatery said if there had been […]
Bad Teachers and Least Competent Criminals and Cartoon Elf Porn
FRONTIERS OF PARENTING Caribou Baby, a Brooklyn, N.Y., “eco-friendly maternity, baby and lifestyle store,” has recently been hosting gatherings at which parents exchange tips on “elimination communication”–the weaning of infants without benefit of diapers (as reported in April by The New York Times). Parents watch for cues, such as a certain “cry or grimace” that […]
Eh Brah! Diaper Trash
This is for the person who left a dirty diaper on my car: It wasn’t carrying it across the parking lot to the trash that I minded (I could have tossed it on the ground, but unlike some I have respect for the ‘aina). It wasn’t even the fact that it was filled with a […]