a few random thoughts...

1. after winning the lottery, a man quit his job and proceeded to spend nearly a million dollars in two years. this week he was caught stealing because he was too embarrassed to go on welfare (or get another job, apparently). how does one possibly spend that much cash in two years? was he buying lamborghinis and diamonds? and did he not sense that this was a bad idea? anyone who needs help experimenting with how to spend that much dough, though, please contact me at hedgehog.blog@gmail.com. i am sure we can think of something.
   
   
2. canadians discovered the ills of representative democracy when a group of ruling elite decided to erect a statue honoring some local official kicked out of town for - literally - sizing up suspects. the statue features a plaque with a man with his pants down. social conservatives are outraged, but apparently don't connect this warped use of taxpayer money with the warped uses they back.
   
   
3. speaking of pants around ankles, i'm glad mike was found not guilty. other's didn't agree, though, and it reminded me how great it is that americans don't see the judicial system as omniscient. they separate the truth from the state's verdict. it's a simple thought, but something that made me smile today. people are skeptical, and that's awesome. relatedly, mike says he won't sleep with boys anymore - that's great, but it would have been better to decide this after the last trial, don't you think, mike?
   
   
4. go see mr. & mrs. smith. it's pure candy, true, but it tastes good. i enjoyed it because there were lots of guns but moreover because brad pitt and angelina jolie are both all kinds of hot.

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