I came across an amusing video at The Onion this morning. “New Law Requires Women To Name Baby, Paint Nursery Before Getting Abortion.” A headline such as this requires little explanation or political education to understand, but it did provoke a thought: how many parents are pro-choice? My girlfriend’s pregnancy is, by modern medical definitions, …
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Russia’s !@%$#%@ Burning
Some rather incredible video shot last month near Borkovka, Russia that I’m just catching up to. Not only does it give a sense of how unbelievably intense the wildfires that continue to tear through the country are (satellite photo of the fires here at left), but the video is, for our Russian-speaking readers, an absolute …
Pas de Douche
No, Theodore, you are not the only confirmed biking-douche among the DadWagoners. The picture here is of our family bike setup, on the bike rack of the Staten Island Ferry. In front is the wife’s aquamarine-and-rust beater ($75 used from Eddie’s Bikes), just behind it is my marginally less rusty 7-speed Schwinn Jaguar ($150 used …
The Hound of the Schmearville, or a Case of Dirty Diapers
From the AP comes this sordid tale of road rage and poopie drawers: State police said a woman wiped a dirty diaper on the window of another woman’s vehicle during a dispute in a traffic jam as both were leaving the Fayette County Fair. Jessica Hollis, 23, of Mount Pleasant, has been charged with harassment …
Continue reading “The Hound of the Schmearville, or a Case of Dirty Diapers”