Thinking Inside the Box

Apparently, suicide and domestic violence aren't the only things sending people to the hospital for the holidays. According to this Washington Post story, the amount of packaging on consumer products is also causing a lot of pain and suffering to add to the general rising depression level.
Quote: According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, injuries from plastic packaging resulted in 6,400 visits to emergency rooms in 2004.
So this year, when you're cutting the 5,123 small plastic and wire ties holding your Barbie doll in the box, for god's sake, be careful.

Hot for Teacher

So I've got this stupid Van Halen song stuck in my head because I came across this story, which puts it in an entirely new light. There's also a lot of unanswered questions here. At least from my perspective, the biggest one is, how the hell did this chick manage to star in a series of porn films in the first place if she's in Paducah, of all places?