March 16, 2006

• Take that, Mrs. Grundy!

  Greyfox alerted me to the story in the paper because he thought I’d be
  interested.  He was right.  I mention that because he derives
  a lot of pleasure from being right.

  While I was looking for the Grundy story, I found the answer to the question someone asked me about the prize Jeff King won for being this year’s Iditarod Champion.

  I also found a humorous reference from Craig Medred to, “Rachael Scdoris’s richly sponsored and over-hyped operation,” in his retrospective today on this year’s race, Iditarod is equal-opportunity destroyer.

  Then
  my eye was caught by Calvin Hall’s picture of Mount Augustine with an
  ash and steam plume, two lava lobes on its slopes, and a new lava dome
  forming up top.  Pretty, eh?

  Finally, I was able to zero in on the story I was looking for:  “Palmer City Council may create place for porn.”

  “The Palmer City Council agreed Tuesday night 6-1 to direct city
  attorney Jack Snodgrass to draw up laws that would regulate
  adult-oriented businesses. It was not the reaction the audience was
  looking for.”

  The council, after some discussion, preferred the option of regulating
  porn and making it a zoning issue, restricting it to certain areas in
  town, over trying to define “obscenity,” a course that the city’s
  attorney said would inevitably lead to litigation.

  One woman who had come to the meeting to complain about the sales of
  adult videos in town said, “Palmer’s rolling out the red carpets,
  (saying) ‘Come on in, perverts … we’re setting aside a special place
  just for you.’ “

  I have noticed here on Xanga that some people seem to be shocked and
  distressed to learn that not everyone shares their prejudices and
  hangups.  These little glimpses of light between the blackout
  curtains with which they’ve lined their reality bubbles can only do
  them good.
  

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