Quick Links: Screw You, David Sedaris. Love, China; Bridge Won’t Be Named for Kurt Cobain

Friday, 29 July 2011 | by Pat's Picks

Guide to Private Islands. Owning your own private island means you have to pay to import everything—from “electricity to cellphone towers to water purifiers.” Wall Street Journal.

Ex-Yankee Pitcher Found Hanged in CA Home. Sources say Hideki Irabu never recovered from George Steinbrenner’s abuse. Example: “Irabu looks like a fat, pussy toad out there.” New York Post.

Baseball’s Unwritten Rules Go Unspoken. There’s no crying in baseball. There’s also no talking about a no-hitter, no changing your socks during a hot streak and no discussing the game’s unwritten rules. LA Times.

WA Town Votes Against Renaming Bridge for Kurt Cobain. Just because Aberdeen didn’t want to memorialize the Nirvana frontman, doesn’t mean Tacoma shouldn’t says columnist. The News-Tribune.

Mom Mistakes Gun for Lighter. She thought it was a novelty lighter. It wasn’t. The 30-year-old woman tried to light her cigarette and ended up shooting her daughter. LA Times.

Unique See-Thru Pontiac Up for Auction. Made for the World’s Fair in 1939, the Plexiglas “Ghost Car” is expected to pull in $275,000 to $475,000. Detroit News.

Daily Deal Dumpsters. A growing crop of websites lets you unload all of the…stuff you got lured into buying on Groupon. USA Today.

NASA’s “Diaper Woman” Discharged From Navy. Lisa Nowak, whose bizarre, love-fueled trek from Houston to Orlando made national news in 2007, receives an ‘other than honorable’ discharge. Orlando Sentinel.

‘Seven-Year Itch’ Persists Despite Changing Marriage Stats. According to census data, the median time from marriage to separation in the US is still seven years. Boston Globe.

Screw You, David Sedaris. Love, China. Columnist takes the satirist to task for a recent article he penned after a visit to China, during which he found everything disgusting. San Francisco Chronicle.