Military Precision

A recent BBC article about the prohibition of beards in the US military mentions the regulations in police departments too, including this one from the LAPD: "Moustaches shall not extend below the vermillion of the upper lip or below the corners of the mouth and may not extend to the side more than one half inch beyond the corners of the mouth."

Who would have thought?

A massive six-engine fire is still blazing in Ottawa at a Home Depot store. Asked about the cause, an employee said "We don't know really. We were putting a large load of self-starting fire logs in the basement storage area, when..." (TV report on CBC. See also http://bit.ly/eFk7gz)

Cultural determinism?

A man who founded a Muslim-oriented TV station in New York, in an attempt to counter negative portrayals of Muslims, has been found guilty of beheading his wife who was filing for a divorce. (Sadly, this is not a joke: http://bit.ly/eTxWjg)