Giving Wisconsin what it voted for

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has proposed a $1 billion cut to his state's K-12 education funding.

This is entirely consistent with what he promised voters he'd do during his election campaign. And who exactly are the voters who propelled Walker into the governor's mansion in the November election?

They're the ones with the least education.

As the above New York Times chart¹ shows, people with post-graduate degrees went for Walker's Democratic opponent. However, Walker won the votes from every other education category — particularly people who do not have a college degree.

People with less education were more likely to vote for Walker. Clearly they were attracted to a candidate who promised to cut school funding even though, ironically, they're the ones who would stand to gain the most from a commitment to education.

¹To view Wisconsin's data on this chart, click the link and use the drop-down menu on the left side of the page to selection "Wisconsin."

The bathroom

I suppose I've written a few times on this site about the bathroom.

For example:

• The time I was confused by flushless urinals.
• The time I asked for advice after realizing that the hand-washing process in public bathrooms is problematic.
• The time I expressed my dislike of shower curtains that cling to the body.
• The time I complained about faucets that don't hang far enough over the sink.
• The time I showed you the neo-Asian bathrooms I came across in Vegas.
• The time I saw tiles in an Iowa bathroom that appeared to be honoring the Confederate side of the Civil War.
• The time I noticed a D.C. museum that assumes people do not wash their hands before leaving the bathroom.

Marnie thinks it's creepy for me to take bathroom pictures for the purposes of blog posts. (For any purpose, for that matter.) But you readers are clamoring for this type of bathroom-related breaking news.

Right?

Flushless urinals

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — I don't know much about flushless urinals, but is it really true that they work with urine but not any other liquid? Not even pure water?

Dick Bavetta

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Dick Bavetta, dubbed by the New York Times as one of the NBA's "most tenured, colorful and polarizing officials," has certainly left his mark on the NBA. It turns out he left his mark on his childhood home as well.

Bavetta grew up in Park Slope and as a kid wrote his name into the cement in his backyard patio. Decades later, after he had refereed the most games of anyone in NBA history, I arranged a private tour of his childhood home to get a sense of where he grew up. Really.

Manhattan celebrates the Green Bay Packers

NEW YORK – If the Pittsburgh Steelers had won, would they have used black lighting?

Macy's warmly welcomes all couples

A window at Macy's highlights the department store's wedding and gift registry. What makes it unique are the icons of couples — some men/women, some women/women and some men/men — and the statement that Macy's "warmly welcomes all couples."

There are 810 Macy's locations around the country. Do all of them warmly welcome all couples, even in states with governments that do not?