I’ve heard from all my Minneapolis friends but one, now. This is not the Spanish Civil War, people. Bridges aren’t supposed to collapse. Of all the uncertain things in the world, you’d think we could at least count on our engineers.

We drove on that very bridge just a few weeks ago, when we stopped in Minneapolis on the way to Duluth. I’m thinking of the people of Minneapolis and hope many more people are rescued.

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On another note entirely, one that is also horrifying though with less devastating consequences, I read this quote from Katie “Jordan” Price. She is a “glamour model” from England, which means she has cantaloupe-sized breasts (no exaggeration) and makes pouty-faces at the camera. Anyway, she just had a baby, who is stupidly named Princess Tiaamii. Not only does the kid have an outrageously stupid name, this is what Ms. Price had to say about providing her child with nutrition (hint: she’s using disposable bottles):

“It’s brilliant — I have 20 crates of teats and bottles. I don’t have to sterilize or heat anything, you literally take the teat out of the pack, screw it on, throw it away. I don’t care what people say – you don’t have to breast-feed. They gave me a tablet that dries your milk up so my boobs haven’t hurt or leaked or anything. I don’t want a baby drinking from me — the thought of it makes me feel really funny. I think only a certain person could handle my knockers!”

I don’t know what’s more offensive, the idea that her breasts somehow are the property of her husband, or the hyperconsumptive wastefulness of it all.