Category: Of Random Interest

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I am not sure how to blurb this article. I will simply say this: I thought this was common knowledge, but apparently it is not.

What You Should Know About ‘Monogamish’ Relationships

What you should know about the redefinition of monogamy and same-sex relationships.What you should know about the redefinition of monogamy and same-sex relationships. 

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I sometimes feel I could listen to Penn all day. In this clip he makes a great point: many American Catholics are actually Protestants unwilling to act on their convictions.

Watch this: Outspoken atheist Penn Jillette (Penn & Teller) defends Catholic orthodoxy on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight

“I think I may be somebody who believes in the Pope’s position more than most Catholics. I really take people at their word. And it seems like all of the cynicism and all of the — who are we going to… 

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Interesting article about the negative consequences of marijuana use by teens by a pro-pot author. Best line: “I disagree with the recreational use without the awareness that it is medicine and that you are self medicating, and from the standpoint of media glorifying it to teens in music, movies the internet, and television, without them having proper understanding of what it does.”

Staying_On_Topic comments on TIL that US teens smoke more Marijuana than Cigarettes

If you want to be educated on why drugs are illegal read this [The History of the Non-Medical Use of Drugs in the United States by Charles Whitebread,… 

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Many of these are quite good. For example: “Adulthood is the moment at which your expenditure on Christmas presents 
first exceeds the value of  the gifts you can expect to receive.”
- John Kay

The Browser Book of Quotations

You will find it here (pdf). There are numerous good bits, here is one of them: To admire an artist for his own sake, although certainly a compliment, can also be a way of suggesting that he has no p…