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Florida beach towns are bracing for Spring break, for obvious reasons. Well, maybe it's not obvious, because the state doesn't seem to be taking the pandemic seriously. But Miami Beach, for one example, is putting rules and enforcement plans into effect, and warning that they won't "tolerate anarchy." Would you let your kid go party at the beach with the pandemic still in effect? (Miami Herald)
One thing you have to hope gets addressed by the new administration is how American health care remains so expensive and out of reach for so many people that medical tourism -- going to Mexico or Costa Rica for medical treatment at a fraction of the cost -- is still expected to rebound hugely as pandemic travel restrictions ease. And despite those restrictions, people are still crossing the U.S.-Mexico border to get cheaper medical care in places like Tijuana, Mexicali, and, of course (for ...
Okay, let's take this ranking of states where people are moving, based on one-way U-Haul statistics, with a grain of salt. Honestly, it's not totally shocking to see Tennessee, Texas, or Florida on the list -- jobs, weather, taxes -- but Ohio? California's at the bottom, also not surprising, but here's the thing. When you read these stories, they make it seem like there's a massive exodus out of places like California because things are so bad. But I live in California and, honestly, you ...
In Denmark, they have a claymation children's show that's about a man with a very long magic penis, over which he has no control and which gets him into all kinds of wacky situations. I'll wait until you go back and check to make sure I told you this is a children's show. It is, and a critic who saw all the episodes says it's harmless and "very Danish." Others say it's probably not the best message for kids. And the broadcaster responds that it could have just as easily been "about a woman with no control over her vagina." Admit it, now you want to see this thing for yourself....
Do you know your neighbors? I mean, do you really know who they are? Because one Tennessee couple had neighbors next door who seemed nice and quiet and became close friends and... no, this is not going in a dark direction. What the couple discovered only after a year of friendship was their neighbor with the English accent was a celebrity -- Adam Ant, of all people. This was in the early 2000s, and Adam and his wife divorced and moved away but left behind boxes of stuff that turned out to be a massive trove of random memorabilia which is now being returned to Adam and his ex. ...