Just in case you haven't heard by now, it is easter weekend.
Now that I did my daily rounds through the news, I just wanted to get it out of my system.

Tied to technology: GPS: Easter egg hunting the high tech way

Tied to crime: Easter Bunny Stolen
Why should anyone in Northeast Ohio care if a lawn ornament in Austria was stolen?

Tied to religion:
Good Friday observed by area Christians
Just in case you don't know what Easter and Good Friday are. I wonder if Christians outside of NE Ohio are celebrating?

Tied to Gas Prices: Big chill may boost Easter weekend travel Um, ok? possible? More than people who don't want to travel in the cold and snow?

Tied to animal cruelty: (no direct link) CNN Video Dyed chicks get pecked to death
Talks about the dangers of Dyed Chickens and actually says that they are endangered (not in danger).

According to a study: Nestle has been named as the worst offender for over-packaging Easter Eggs.

Made to shock you: Filipinos crucified for Good Friday

__________________
Numbers are not case sensitive. (me)

They are blaming cardboard packaging for increased emissions?
Are these people nuts?

__________________
And the "driving on the freeway on a scooter" analogy still holds true because the pilots are sitting in 7 to 30 ton aircraft o' doom and you are running around them in your very own Meatbody, Mark I. Beep, beep.
Trying to make sense of computers, The Error Log.

Not celebrating.

Check your link, it says "is the most solemn day on the Christian calendar." They are "commenorating", not celebrating.

Yes, poor choice of words. That's what I get for thinking too quickly.

Although it is not out of line with the media. I heard last week a story about a vigil where they were celebrating the aniversary of the death of...

__________________
Numbers are not case sensitive. (me)

Hitler?

__________________
And the "driving on the freeway on a scooter" analogy still holds true because the pilots are sitting in 7 to 30 ton aircraft o' doom and you are running around them in your very own Meatbody, Mark I. Beep, beep.
Trying to make sense of computers, The Error Log.

What do you expect, it's the news media, they always focus on the absurd and trivial... CNN fiddles while Rome burns.