Over the past few weeks I’ve developed the strangest of obsessions: green beans. As a child, I hated the things, probably because my mother only knew how to serve green beans out of a can. They were gray, sour-tasting and pretty disgusting. I couldn’t stomach them. However, a few months ago, I made myself a promise: I would learn to love green beans. Why?

Because they are good for me, I told myself as I trimmed the ends and stared at them. They laid in a yellow strainer in my kitchen sink giving me the stink eye. They knew I was terrified of them. I devised a plan to cover them with enough of something delicious to forget that I was eating green beans. And guess what, guys? I ended up loving them. Read More »

* Sure, this story is shocking, but I’m more intrigued by the fact that Japan has porn vending machines! (Mainichi Daily News)

* Learn and Earn? Seriously? Just how bad do I need to do in school to make the government want to pay me to do better? (11Alive.com)

* One NJ teacher is making his students parents do homework too. Sweet justice. (NYT)

* Doctors say smokers who are quitting should be treated in the same manner as heroin addicts. (The Independent)

* Woman finds rodent head in a can of beans and is offered $100 for it. She won’t take it. (Salt Lake Tribune)