Mike pointed out this story about yet another schoolboard talking about a ban on body piercing. They don't seem to realize that the more they ban it the cooler it gets — want to stop kids from getting piercings? Don't tell them they're not allowed — encourage all your teachers to do it too. That'll make it so uncool it'll stop immediately, except on the kids that need piercings.
Board member Bob Markwell, who is also a physician, had two questions, "One, is it really creating health problems? Two, is it disruptive to the educational process? Or is it just a generational gap?"
And yes, I realize that might be seen as three questions, but at least it's a reasonable course of thinking for a change.
I wanted to mention an interesting QOD-type story that had been brought to my attention lately. I'll paraphase the question here:
Lately all of the latex at our studio has been breaking down — gloves tearing and crumbling when we put them on and stuff like that. The only different thing is that we've been running our de-ionizing air cleaner 24/7. Have you ever heard of anything like this?
I'd actually never heard of anything like this, so I did some asking around and Tom Brazda pointed out that one of the side-effects of these air cleaners is producing ozone. Ozone speeds up oxidation, which thereby breaks down the latex.
I'm headed off to Toronto shortly for Liam's CLASH show. The opening is tonight at the “a” gallery (or something like that)… It's located at 24 Spadina Road (the part of Spadina that's north of Bloor) at the opening is at 6 PM. The show continues until January 10th. Anyway, I'm quite looking forward to it and I've picked up a little low-tech tape recorder to use to interview with so if it turns out I'll BMEradio it, and if not, it'll be in my next column.
Consider stopping by if you're in the area… And I think you should probably dress nice, but I don't know. Not that I have any “nice” clothes. Maybe I can find something with buttons at least.
PS. Does it amuse anyone that the US is inspired by the Nazis?
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