the title is misleading. LA is not banning fast food outright, just the construction of new fast food joints in certain neighborhoods (which are pretty well saturated anyway, from the sound of things).

send 'em to china, they have a female shortage

i'm so glad shanghai has their priorities in order. #1 threat: pedestrians

i just like the idea of insulting things by calling them undies

Another question:

Would another "Great Depression" be possible with the FDIC in place?

never mind. always read the article BEFORE you post, lesson learned.

poor kid. make him second base then, let him play with the big kids, don't ban him from little league!

@ted

maybe it was just a free t-shirt, and it happened to be at the top of the clean laundry pile. i wear all sorts of random t-shirts i score as promos and end up advertising products i care nothing about.

that is fantastic. i used to be an educational aide for a boy with severe CP, and they tried to use an eye movement controlled computer with him, but he couldn't hold his head still enough for it to work for him. he was very bright but had almost no means of communication; i think if this had been available it could have shaped his life.

i can't wait for the grunge look to come back around. should be any day now. flannel forever!

i'm with gladeye, all the fun has been taken out. the whole POINT is to be out of dad's earshot and experiment with smoking

There used to be Santas Land in Putney, VT that I am pretty sure has closed. Does anyone know if you can still eat in the igloo? I had a very trippy experience there in college in the early 90s.

Sounds kind of dull, for all that cash.

if only the cushion was a bladder full of cheap red wine . . .

cease, grammer nazis!