Dribbling Twigs
The Times reports on a bizarre and disgusting phenomenon at Jets games, in which men apparently delight in harassing women during halftime. I mean, more than sports fans usually harass women. I suspect that with all the talk this article is getting, this halftime ritual is about to be on the receiving end of a crackdown.
More party animals has a simple and clear mission: we need more party animals. No, not those kind of party animals, more political parties with actual clout in the United States.
In World War Two, soldiers in prison camps got smuggled Monopoly sets with real money! And maps! On pieces of silk! “More than a few of [the prisoners who escaped from German camps during the war] certainly owe their breakout to the classic board game.”
Bag of Toast is a neat collection of sketches and scenes with an awesome motto: “toast is so delicious.”
The interactive poverty map is, er, an interactive map of poverty in the United States. It’s also really excellent, so check it out.
Local crabbers have their panties in a bunch since out of state fisherman cheerily collected a massive crab catch to sell to seafood dealers in the Bay. Given that California crab fishermen aren’t fishing because they are worried that crab may be contaminated with oil…I think they have a legitimate reason to be grumpy.
Putting Out Fires is a fun NaBloPoMo site.
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