Pot Shots
It isn't every day that a centuries-old newspaper writes a detailed article about public toilets; or, as the Brits like to refer to them, "public conveniences." Isn't euphemism just lovely?
From concrete johns to pink mother-and-child pods (what, fathers never have to take their children to public loos?)—and never forgetting urinals with handy targets for those gentlemen who lack hand-to-eye coordination—this article has pretty much everything I ever needed to know about public conveniences.
S-bends of the future.
I don't know if London is having trouble with incontinence at the moment or what, but in other recent toilet-related news, the Guardian would like to offer you these rules for peeing in the shower. Memorize them, if you please.
Scotsman v Trump
In the real-life reprise to '80s film Local Hero, in which a Scotsman stands up to an evil, land-amassing Texan, Michael Forbes is defying The Donald's efforts to build a golf course on a tract of land that His Hairness's people have described as a "pigsty." Charming man, Trump.
At any rate, Forbes's family farm is in the middle of some land that Trumpy wants. Maybe they should arm wrestle for it. That's what Jon Stewart and Brian Williams would do.
Reining in the Fuzz
The upshot of some alleged police brutality following the London G20 demonstrations in April: Police have been ordered not to hold "vulnerable" people in riot-controlling cordons. Basically, if someone is gushing blood, police are now required to let them skedaddle. Do the protect and serve bunch actually have to be reminded of this sort of thing? This seems eminently obvious to me.
These guys are obviously hardened crime-fighters. Watch yer back.
Hope At Last
Things on the President Obama front have grown quite depressing stateside, so it was a relief to read this article about the support he's still enjoying on the international scene and pointing out that some actual changes have been effected, even if there hasn't been great domestic success as yet. To wit, some things I once thought it might never be possible to say:
"Abroad, optimism is still the order of the day. The style, and in some ways the substance, of US foreign policy has been transformed. America's image in the world is vastly improved."
The article also refers to the current incarnation of the Republican party as "intellectually bankrupt." Hee hee! Thanks, Independent! I'm feeling rather warm and fuzzy now. Let's watch the First Dance, shall we?
Awww. At last.
And now, off to do Saturday things, like making a long and impressive to-do list, followed by spending the day lying around reading magazines and watching TV instead.
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