Too much homework? You don’t say

Published 9:24 pm Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Many parents and teachers have figured out something that kids have known for decades: Assigning two or more hours of homework every night is a really bad idea.

The discovery follows on the heels of a report recommending that smokers refrain from lighting up while pumping gas, and a study advising against balancing electric appliances on the edge of the tub while bathing.

Losin’ it at the casino: The Tulalip Gaming Commission has organized a weight-loss program for employees, modeled after TV’s “The Biggest Loser.”

Participants will weigh themselves weekly, get help and advice from experts, and try to avert their eyes from Eagles Buffet, the Tulalip Casino’s all-you-can-eat restaurant.

Yet another sign of hard times: In Pennsylvania, folks can stretch their grocery budgets at auctions of cheese curls, frozen chicken nuggets and other food products pulled from supermarket shelves because their sell-by dates had expired.

It’s sort of like a safer, cleaner version of dumpster diving, except you have to pay for stuff.