"You keep waiting for the dust to settle..."

"...and then you realize this is it; the dust is your life going on." - Kitty Pryde/Joss Whedon

Tag Team Reader Mailbag: "Why don’t you drink alcohol?  Are you religious?  God does not exist.  Drink alcohol.  Family history of alcohol abuse?  They abused it for a reason: it’s awesome.  Drink alcohol.  Afraid of damaging your organs and blunting your wits?  A healthy liver and the ability to recall who played The Beastmaster are no reasons to go through life miserable."

Forced anal probes.  Because America is Freedom.  More drug war anal probes, this time in Tennessee - The Washington Post: "Last year we learned of three incidents in New Mexico in which motorists pulled over for moving violations were subjected to forced anal cavity searches, x-rays and even colonoscopies because police suspected they were hiding drugs in their bodies.  I pointed out in January that the practice has also been used in Texas, Illinois, Florida and Kansas. It looks like Oak Ridge, Tenn., has been doing it, too."

  

This is excellent.  You should definitely click over to read the whole thing.  ZEN PENCILS » 162. SIR KEN ROBINSON: Full body education:

 

 xkcd: The Sake of Argument: