Well, it’s the end of the Summer semester, and it’s definitely been an interesting one. Although we’re going to try to end the semester on a lighter note, we do need to start off with some more somber reminders in this our-thoughts-go-out-to-the-victims-of-the-shooting-at-the-Sikh-temple-in-Wisconsin edition of...
Darts & Laurels
To start off, for creating what could likely be the biggest face-palm of the year, we give an as-if-this-state-could-not-get-any-more-screwed-up DART to Texas. On Tuesday, the state of Texas executed Marvin Wilson.
While executions are not rare in this state, Texas took one giant leap backwards for mankind due to the fact that Wilson had an IQ of 61 and had been declared “intellectually disabled.”
Nice one.
While the government of Texas might be messed up, it’s hard to say the same about the people. That’s why we’re giving a two-heroes-in-one LAUREL to Chirsty Daee and a 4-year-old boy who were involved in a life-or-death situation at a pool in Fort Worth. The boy swam to the deep end of the pool to help a little girl having trouble swimming but ended up nearly drowning. Daee, an off-duty nurse, performed CPR to save his life after he was pulled out of the pool.
Pretty inspiring.
If Louisiana is not the second most messed-up state in the union, it’s definitely up there. This leads us to throw an as-if-dealing-with-teenage-pregnancy-isn’t-hard-enough DART at Delhi Charter School in Monroe, La., which started a policy requiring female students take a pregnancy test if suspected of being with child.
To top off this insane invasion of privacy, the school will not allow the student to attend the school if found to be pregnant.
That’s a formula for success!
Next, we give a nice-to-have-more-choices-in-Gainesville-for-food-and-adult-beverage-needs LAUREL to Trader Joe’s, which will be moving into Butler Plaza.
Welcome to the neighborhood.
For providing a twist to the classic tale of the boyfriend surprising his significant other at the door naked, only to find the UPS driver, we throw a you-know-you-could-have-always-taken-your-clothes-off-when-you-got-there DART to naked surprises. A Fort McCoy woman led police on a car chase in north Marion County because she was shirtless on her way to surprise her boyfriend.
Talk about a crime of passion. We want to immediately apologize for that pun.
Finally, we give a thanks-for-your-support LAUREL to our readers! Whatever happens with this Save the Racks campaign, we would not be where we are without you.
Have a fun and safe break, and be sure to check back in the fall!
