Just some miscellaneous ramblings from an Upstate New Yorker.


Monday, April 29, 2013

Sasha's commentary for April 29, 2013

Wow, the year is already almost a third over. WHERE IS ME LIFE GOING?

Celine Dion, who I already can't stand, has given me another reason to not like her: she's turning her son into a mini Imelda Marcos. Well, she's no better, and even if it's her son wearing her heels, it's still nuts. Or am I just bias against Dion?

The New York Times has this article on haute hostels. Backpacking through Europe no longer seems as creepy as it once did. I might consider this when I have kids and take them to Europe. Or not. I don't think hostels are yet family friendly.

 If there's one thing that makes me proud to be a millennial, it's the fact that our generation is more accepting in so many big ways than our parents. I just wish our generation were also better educated too, as in at the same level as our European counterparts. But this story reinforces the reason why I am so proud of my generation: this high school in Georgia just held it's first integrated prom, and it's because the graduating class thought having two separate proms was ridiculous. Of course, the way they do prom in the South is a little different, as it's not a school-sanctioned event.

My heart goes out to the family of Jeff Cintro, who passed away during his senior trip. I'm ashamed to admit the only reason I know of what Marfan syndrome was before reading this story was because of an episode of Maury. 

I might be a critic of the Mormon church and the residents of the state of Utah, no to mention Republicans, but granted, us folks from the Northeast could learn something from our more religious peers: we could be a little more generous. And although I believe in rational taxation to pay for generous government services, I also

And finally, Rick Perry confuses me on his political leanings. Is he a libertarian-anarchist-populist conservative? In the case of the legislators, I'll side with them. Texas schools could use some work.

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