Hey, Yarmouth, This is NOT Beer

The local news has been strange lately: a young woman took advantage of the fact that it's perfectly legal for all--men and women--to march topless in downtown Portland and organized a topless march. She then expressed outrage that men showed up with cameras. In a similar move, a young man has organized a walk around the Back Cove (my running path) with the only requirement being that participants must carry a loaded and visible handgun (taking advantage of laws allowing the open display of handguns). The fellow insists it's not a publicity stunt. So the purpose is?

In marginally related gun news, my former favorite host of my former favorite show--Anthony Bourdain--was dismissive of Portland, condescending towards Maine and Mainers, and an all around jack-ass New Yorker (sorry for the redundancy) in his Maine segment of No Reservations, which aired this week. He even out-douched Dana Street. He finished the segment, as he frequently does, by shooting guns. Hey, Tony, that gun is not your penis!

And then there's this: A Yarmouth High School student was disciplined for violating an honor code that she'd signed which indicated she (and other signees) weren't allowed to drink beer. The evidence of her violation--a Facebook photo of her holding a silver can. She (her parents) hired a lawyer to fight the penalty, which he (the lawyer) is doing (and losing, apparently) on constitutional grounds. They've missed the boat however. Coors Light is NOT beer. That's the point. Unless the honor code strictly prohibits the consumption of yellowy, favorless, corny, over marketed, liquid crap she should not be penalized.