Monthly Archives: April 2010

I really and truly do not understand people. A woman was mugged and a man rushed to save her. In the process, he was stabbed and the mugger ran off. The Good Samaritan tried to flee after him, but collapsed in view of a security camera.

Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax, a 31 year old Guatemalan immigrant, lay on the ground for over an hour, bleeding to death. In the video clip below, you can see dozens of people walk by him. One stopped to take a picture with his cell phone; another lifts him up and then walks away.

An hour and twenty minutes later, emergency workers arrive on the scene, too late to save his life.

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I wish I could say I am surprised by this, but I’m really not. My faith in the good of humanity is dwindling. Yes, a stranger stepped in to save one woman – but many people opted not to help this man.

If only humans could care about humans.

I had no idea that there were new issues of Archie comics still being made! I loved these as a kid. Every single time we went to the grocery store, I’d beg mama to buy me one.

I was always a fan of Betty, not that stuck up Veronica!

And it appears that come September, Riverdale will have its first openly gay character.

I’m actually thrilled to see this happen, but I can just imagine the backlash that’s going to come from down here in the Bible belt.

In 1992, Will Manley was fired from the Wilson Library Bulletin for conducting a survey about sex. The results were never published (though the initial survey was). Last week, the results were finally published!

I guess librarians aren’t as prudish as most people think:

According to “The 1992 Librarians and Sex Survey,” of 5,000 librarians surveyed:

40% believed that “Playboy” should be in libraries
23% thought “Playgirl” should
22% believed that libraries should have condom dispensers in their bathrooms
20% had “done it” in the library
91% had read “The Joy of Sex”
34% lost their virginity before age 18
4% were still virgins
20% believed that sex without love is bad sex
Only 1% had sex more than 7 times per week
50% had sex 1-2 times per week
30% had 2-5 partners in their lifetime
4% had more than 50
78% of female librarians felt they had been sexually harassed by a patron
7% of male librarians did

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