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Poshorexia gets her hair in a tangle

This evening’s blogfocus concentrates mainly on new blogs [new for me but possibly old favourites of yours], with a sprinkling of old stagers to add that touch of spice.

1 Out of the blocks bolts The Spine with the tale of Vic Beck’s scary moment:

Visiting Disneyland as part of a promotion for the company’s ‘Year of a Million Dreams’, David and Victoria Beckham were caught in a terrifying incident involving two of the park’s residents who took the opportunity to start building a nest in Victoria’s head. The events were described in horrific detail by park-keeper Donald Duck whose bravery has been praised for his quick action, leaping between the combatants.

2 A real accident this time and a tragic one. Bonny Wren explains:

I’ve often heard that traffic lights don’t get installed at intersections until somebody gets killed. I’ve often wondered how come there wasn’t a traffic light installed at that intersection, especially with all the school traffic so close, but I guessed it was because of the traffic light that does exist a short distance west of the intersection.

Perhaps the city planners felt that two traffic lights so close together might cause gridlock, and indeed, Encinitas lights are famous for their poor timing. Carlsbad seems to have traffic light timing down pat, but Encinitas gridlock is a given.

3 Freethinker, who hails from the San Francisco area, sees the Winter Solstice as the root of all holidays:

On this Winter Solstice, which is also the shortest day and longest night of the year and the first day of winter in the northern hemisphere, join me in imagining how our ancestors observed this time. Imagine the awe and respect they had for the earth and the sun and their awareness of the interconnectedness and interdependencies of all living things and the cosmos.

Eleven more bloggers plus the Mystery Blogger here.