Archive for February 2008
Preserving Fear
Occasionally something is written that is so poignant that requires nothing more to be said. From the Onion:
Today, people are making eye contact with strangers on the street. They are whistling on subway platforms, strolling down sidewalks, and generally behaving as if they do not feel they could be killed at any moment. Children can be seen running playfully in public parks, their parents smiling and watching idly from afar when they should be obsessing over an unseen child abductor who will snatch and rape their babies first chance they get. It breaks my heart to see the land I love fall into such a state of non-panic.
My God, what have we become?
Hypochondriacs dream/nightmare?
Ok, I’m not real sure what to think of this site:
It seems to have good intentions and could be a helpful tool (check out their About Us page), but I could easily see it becoming a tool for hypochondriacs to determine if it’s safe to leave their house (by the way it’s not (yes, I’m just being mean)).
