Maybe one of most sensible bits of advice wrapped into a tune – Baz Luhrman’s (Everybody’s free to wear) Sunscreen.
Author: neil
The Parent Rap
Hilarious. Watch these parents do their thing!
You can’t eat code [Food]
The UN has sounded warning, on several occasions, of rising food costs, as extreme weather conditions around the world wreak havoc. For most of us, food comes from the shopping malls, so until that dries up, we don’t care. Or do we?
CIA’s dead drops [Article]
Cloak & Dagger stuff in the age of the Internet – how Tor & PGP could have saved David Petraeus’ job & marriage (& kept his affair under wraps!) Via the Slate
Power Struggles [News]
A bit of negative publicity does more to help a farmer targeted by the Big Electric companies with a lawsuit. Interesting story developing here.
Tragedy [News]
As a Twitter commenter said, if this had happened to an Irish woman in a Muslim or Hindu country, the world would be screaming medieval.
Girl Downtown [Music]
Family Business [Essay]
How would you react when your child wants to become a designer? Specifically, a sex-toy designer? A hilarious, thoughtful story on parenting by a proud prude mother.
Legacy [Picture]
Drunken presidents
The first few US presidents were owners of hemp farms & grew rye. All, save one, had a fairly close affair with alcoholic beverages. Barack Obama is, apparently, the first POTUS that is a beer drinker. Enjoy the Life, Libations, And The Pursuit Of Happiness from the White House.