Mississippi is making news today. The ACLU chapter for Mississippi has filed suit on behalf of complaintant, Constance McMillen, who alledges discrimination by the Itawamba County School District as demonstrated by their cancelling this year’s prom. The prom cancellation apparently occured after Ms. McMillen made it known to school officials that she planned on bringing her girlfriend as her date and planned to wear a Tux.
Mississippi is just itching for a cultural fight it seems. There is a very vocal, Christian conservative population here that feels as though many of the social and cultural changes that have occurred over the past couple decades really have taken things too far. In my opinion, there is a very strong ‘enough is enough’ mentality.
A quick perusal of the comments published alongside the Clarion Ledger article showed me that this issue is getting really hot here in Mississippi – there were lots of more progressive minded folks that showed support for the teen, and then there were a host of individuals that quoted the bible as a defense for why the public school system has the right to cancel the event in response to one’s sexual orientation.
I expect this issue may garner significant national attention.
Barkley, Shut Up & Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley Saga
This game looks quite promising. From the publisher:
Flash forward 12 years to the post-cyberpocalyptic ruins of Neo New York, 2053. A Chaos Dunk rocks the island of Manhattan, killing 15 million. When the finger is put on the aging Charles Barkley, he must evade the capture of the B-Ball Removal Department, led by former friend and baller Michael Jordan, and disappear into the dangerous underground of the post-cyberpocalypse to clear his name and find out the mysterious truth behind the Chaos Dunk.
I’m a huge fan of fast food mashups like the McSurf’N'Turf, the McGangBang, and KFC’s entry, the Double Down. A new contender has entered the pantheon of food mashups – The Mc10:35 which brings together two all time McDonald’s favorites: The Egg McMuffin and the McDouble (Double Cheeseburger). This wonderful amalgamation of culinary delights is named for the time of day you’re most likely able to successfully order the dish – a mere 5 minutes after breakfast officially ends.
This is a really fun time waster and is certainly a novel use of online video / social marketing.
What Mattel (maker of Hot Wheels) has done is create a host of possible story directions and endings – shot each one using stop-motion video techniques, and published each one as single video entities. Choices are displayed as large buttons which enable the contestant to select which way the story will go.
I wonder if you can cheat in the YouTube version of Choose Your Own Adventure like you could in real life with the books?
The Lines of Nazca, Egyptian Pyramids, and various Crop Circles have all been attributed to Alien or Supernatural creators. I believe too that the Pizza Cone bears uncanny similarity in both marvel and sheer magnitude.
A new NYC eatery/take-out place called K! Pizza Cone may strike gold with their Pizza Cone creations. Their website sucks (and is broken) so I’m not able to review the menu or learn about them, but one thing is certain – if there was a K! Pizza Cone place near me, I’d be sampling their eats with gusto.
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