And now, in my never-ending effort to class up this blog, I bring you the banana bunker, courtesy of my warped listmates.

Okay, got that out of my system.

There was a horrifying, scary-as-shit audiotape of a school bus aide and bus driver taunting an autistic boy as he traveled to and from school. The aide said things like, "I'm getting everyone a Christmas present. Except you," and you could hear the boy saying, "Why not?" and the aide saying, "Because I can't stand you," then laughing it up with the bus driver. From the same fun-loving sensibility that brought you Abu Ghraib and the banality of evil. Ach.