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Jesus Injured Near LeavenworthFormer Christ Jim Caviezel received minor injuries yesterday after being thrown from his motorcycle on I-97, all because some guy tossed a bicycle into his path. Caviezel was taken to Cascade Medical Center for treatment of cuts and bruises and was later released (thank God for his helmet). Washington State Troopers plan to forward their investigation to the Chelan County prosecutor's office for possible assault and reckless endangerment charges against a 42-year-old Wenatchee man, identified as David Nelson. There's no indication why Nelson threw the bike into the path of Caviezel's 2006 Harley Davidson, especially since it's common knowledge that nobody fucks with the Jesus.
Amazon's Kindle--Now with New Take-Backsies FeatureGizmodo is reporting a really, really bad thing: Amazon has deleted digital books from customers' Kindles after they've already bought them. The kicker? The books were Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm. (This irony is delicious! Where did you get it?) Gizmodo says the publisher "changed its mind" about having electronic versions, which we don't actually believe. We don't see Amazon bowing and scraping before publishers much, let alone offering to break into customers' devices for them to erase purchased products. Stay tuned for the full story--just maybe not on a Kindle.
Poll Finds Less Support for Bag TaxA KING 5/SurveyUSA poll shows Referendum 1, the 20-cent plastic bag tax, being defeated 51 to 42 percent. The tax, approved by the city council last year, was to go into effect on January 1, but now Seattle's voting on it August 18, which is what we always do and why nothing ever gets accomplished. As inconvenient as the tax is, we have to ask: Why the hell don't you just get reusable bags like everyone else? Seriously people, shit shouldn't be this hard.
UW Autism Center Next Best Thing to Children's?The news that the UW Autism Center is getting a new director, Wendy Stone--who wrote the book on autism (the one titled Does My Child Have Autism?)--provoked just two comments on the Seattle Times story, one of which says, "So many of their good providers have already left and joined the Seattle Children's Autism Center." We didn't know Children's had an autism center. (Actually, neither does Children's--if you do a search for "autism center" at the Children's site, they reference the UW Autism Center.) So what gives? Anyone know if there's really that much of a difference?
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