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News of the Weird: Life lessons for make-believe world; Armed and Clumsy (all-new!) By Chuck Shepherd
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | In January, a baby was born to Canadians Kathy Witterick and David Stocker, but seven months later, they still have not revealed to family or friends whether little "Storm" is a boy or a girl. The couple are intending to raise Storm free of gender-specific cultural stereotypes (i.e., such things as domesticity, aggressiveness, preferences for arts or mathematics) because society tends to overvalue "boy" norms. On a larger scale, in Stockholm, according to a June Associated Press dispatch, the 33 Swedish preschoolers at the Egalia school socialize in daily environments scrubbed of all gender references. For example, boys and girls alike play with kitchen toys and building materials, and when playing "family," parental roles are interchangeable. Critics say the children will be left unprepared for the "real" world.
People Who Accidently Shot Themselves Recently: Sean Murphy, 38, destroyed most of his finger trying to shoot off a wart (South Yorkshire, England, June). A Secret Service agent (assigned to Nancy Reagan) shot himself in the hip holstering his gun (Ventura, Calif., February). A 17-year-old boy, playing with a gun in bed, shot himself in the testicles (Orlando, February). A training officer at the Ohio Peace Officer Academy shot himself in the thigh (December). Sheriff Lorin Nielson of Bannock County, Idaho, shot himself in the hand (December). Johnathan Hartman, 27, holstering his gun in his back pocket (after threatening his girlfriend), shot himself in the butt (Billings, Mont., December). A man trying to scratch his nose with a pellet gun shot himself in the face (Amherst, Mass., November). Yorkshire: [Yorkshire Post, 6-15-2011] Ventura: [DailyCaller.com-AP, 2-5-2011] Orlando: [Orlando Sentinel, 2-7-2011] Ohio: [Plain Dealer (Cleveland), 12-22-2010] Bannock: [KIFI-TV (Idaho Falls), 12-7-2010] Billings: [Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.), 12-17-2010] Amherst: [Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Mass.), 11-17-2010] Click here to comment on this column.
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