SNIPPETS

FEBRUARY 15,  2010

DENTON, Texas, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- A University of North Texas professor says she is trying to help young people learn about love and romance through her Romantic Relationships course.  Professor Jennifer Acker said her course at the college in Denton, Texas, focuses on educating students in areas such as dating, attraction and friendship outside of keg parties and casual hook-ups, the Dallas Morning News said Sunday.

Remember physics, chemistry, history and English?

FEBRUARY 14,  2010

LAS VEGAS - A 51-year-old Ohio man has embraced the Valentine's Day spirit faster than anyone before, giving 7,777 hugs in 24 hours for a new world record.  Jeff Ondash, who sought the squeezes under the costumed alter ego Teddy McHuggin, broke the record Saturday night outside the Paris Las Vegas hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

A new job for John Edwards.

FEBRUARY 13,  2010

LONDON (Reuters) - "Amour," the French word for love, has been voted the most romantic word in the world in a pre-Valentine's Day survey of language experts.

I'm glad it beat out "pre-nup."

FEBRUARY 12,  2010

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- A "food loaf," designed to provide nutrition for prisoners while punishing them, got poor reviews during a tasting at a Florida legislative hearing.

I would imagine so, although the ACLU will undoubtedly call this cruel and unusual punishment.

FEBRUARY 11,  2010

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:  Lilburn Police are investigating what may have caused a man to walk into a Walmart and destroy 29 flat-screen televisions.  Just after noon Wednesday, Westley Strellis, 23, of Lawrenceville, walked into the Walmart on Lawrenceville Highway in Lilburn.  After grabbing a metal baseball bat from the sporting goods section, he walked to the electronics department and destroyed the TVs on display.

I bet they were all tuned to MSNBC. 

FEBRUARY 10,  2010

MALMO, Sweden, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The Swedish tax agency has been ordered to pay damages to a 79-year-old woman who was mistakenly classified as dead.

Under that logic, Harry Reid should be paid millions.

FEBRUARY 9,  2010

From the New York Post:   Columbia University's public safety department is warning students about coyotes on the campus, MyFox NY reported Monday.  There were reports of coyotes on the Morningside Campus in Manhattan's Morningside Heights section.  Three coyotes were seen in front of Lewisohn Hall on Sunday morning.

Wrong.  They're not coyotes.  They're conservatives in disguise.  In the Ivy League, conservatives just appear to be coyotes.