August 23, 2024
Friday Open Comments
Seeing as how there’s a political jamboree dominating the week, this should be the time to discuss what to do when you’re handed a bland Ayn Rand sandwich. For that we’ll consult this blog’s foundational muse, They Might Be Giants:
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I read in the Charlotte Observer earlier this week that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools have banned 3-ring binders because they set off the schools' metal detectors. The Superintendent showed that she's worth her mid-six-figures salary by announcing that "as a mom," she's grateful for this ruling because 3-ring binders are so heavy that they damage the precious students' growing bodies.
I assume spiral notebooks with a metal wire also set off the alarms, so that leaves what, the cardboard-covered notebooks that you can't tear pages out of? Or maybe students just aren't going to write anything at all. I wonder if Walmart slashed the price of 3-ring binders? I'd find out, but it's not worth driving into Charlotte. Out here in Union, I think they're still sane.
I just pulled up a knitting video on YouTube, and there was folksy Tim Walz talkin' to me all folksy-like about how they'd like a little money and I can be sure they'll use it wisely.