The Stuff I Didn't Get to -- 3/28/07

-OK, but can I still smoke crack?-
A pro-marijuana group is warning jews that smoking pot isn't kosher for Passover. See if you can follow this reasoning; "The Green Leaf Party announced Wednesday that products of the cannabis plant have been grouped by rabbis within a family of foods such as peas, beans and lentils that is off-limits to Jews of European descent during Passover." Here's my question -- are these guys eating pot or smoking lentils? If you smoke it, it's not actually food, is it? Then again, since when has religion ever made sense? Anyway, they won't be growing pot at the Circle K Ranch. (Reuters)

-It's surprising the building didn't fly away-
A Seattle, WA man had his birds taken away after police found 110 parakeets in one cage in his home. Neighbors had complained about the noise. "You could hear the noise from the street," animal control officer Neil Deruyter said. The unidentified man won't be charged, because of his cooperation. (AP)

-Judge nixes name change-
You might remember Scott Wiese's bar bet that he would change his name to 'Peyton Manning' if the Indianapolis Colts won the Superbowl. Here's hoping his intent to go through with it was enough to pay off his debt, because a judge isn't going to let it happen. "Wiese said that Macon County Circuit Judge Katherine McCarthy told him the name change was too confusing and risked infringing the privacy of the football player." His lawyer told him they had a 50-50 chance of a judge allowing the name change. You hope there were no bets riding on it. (Quad City Times)