So it turns out that Jesse James enjoys Nazi paraphernalia.
No relation to the iconic Wild West figure, the only claim to fame that this latter-day Jesse James has is to be married to Sandra Bullock, one of the most beloved actresses of our time.
Without a doubt, she has been crowned “America’s Sweetheart” by the celebrity press for not just her good-girl roles but for her legendary off-screen generosity, donating millions at a time, most especially in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the catastrophic trifecta of earthquake-tsunami-nuclear-crisis that has recently hit Japan.

So how could she have tolerated such an obvious lout?
They were always one of the most startling couples in Hollywood, a bad-boy/good-girl pair right out of central casting and screenwriters’ workshops.
What could they possibly have provided their guests for wedding favors?
Almost sounds like the perfect set-up for one of Tinsteltown’s formulaic romantic comedies.
Unfortunately, the real life version that has played out thus far more resembles tragedy for the Oscar-winning actress.

As for the bad boy, he’s now happily married to tattoo model Michelle McGee, who’s also posed in Nazi regalia.
Actually, McGee has the acronym “WP” etched prominently on her legs, letters which indicate “white power” in racist circles but which she claims only describes a component of the female anatomy that’s wet!

One can only envision what was presented as wedding favors to the guests.

Of a particular perverse fascination to many observers, however, remains the question of what Bullock knew and the follow-up ones of how can she not have if she truly did not and why would she tolerate such racist interests if she actually did know.
Many hypothesize that perhaps she was just too naive and generous, naive when it came to the white supremacist imagery long favored by biker culture and generous in any case towards such naughtiness in a “bad boy” – again, straight outside of central casting: you can’t make this stuff up!

Yes, better to gossip about wedding favors instead.

A lot of personal household safes have been turning up at Japanese police stations in the wake of that country’s current catastrophe.
They have not only been recovered by rescue workers burrowing through rubble but have also been washed up ashore, and now law enforcement is running out of space to store them.

Up to now, these safes have been kept in the station parking lot, but with each station holding onto a couple of hundred at a time, authorities are determined to try a more pro-active method of reuniting them with their owners beyond simply hoping for those people to show up.
Japanese police now hope to open these safes themselves hoping of discovering identifying information within with which to make their own inquiries.

Under Japanese law, there’s a little more than three weeks for lost items to be claimed by their owners.
After twenty-three days, finders can grow to be keepers – or the government takes ownership.
Police hope to reunite catastrophe victims with their possessions before the finders/keepers-law can take effect.
Naturally, given the special circumstances involved, extensions to the typical deadline have been provided, but any haste that can be made might definitely be welcome by the victims.

The matter is especially important because of the Japanese practice, found especially between their elderly, of saving money and other valuables not in banks but at home.
Such “wardrobe savings,” as the Japanese phrase goes, is very typical but has become quite the tragedy for disaster sufferers who have lost literally everything short of their lives and the clothes on their backs.
Therefore, any effort expedited on behalf of such people won’t simply be greatly appreciated but is absolutely essential to ensure even their very continued survival.
Luckily, of course, it is because of the distinctive nature of Japan that valuables have been turned in, along with the absence of looting and other rioting – a fact not lost on envious foreign observers.

Are wedding favors going out of style as society gets ever more simple?
Not if the ladies have anything to do with it!

Practicing giving gifts to matrimonial guests may not be the cultural institution it once was, but weddings remain one of the biggest dynamos within any economy.
While wedding favors may not be the first thing or two that joyful couples think about when preparing their special day, it is something that is still expected and few ceremonies would feel complete without some souvenir for the guests.

Naturally, were marriage itself to continue to decline, then there may well be a day when wedding favors go extinct — as nuptials themselves do!
Such a situation is unlikely, and outright impossible for the near future.
The wedding industry is and will continue on to be healthy for decades to come.

To play the futurist for a moment, on the other hand, let us think about a world centuries ahead where human civilization has evolved substantially, a Star Trek future where money itself is no longer used, a society as drastically different from our own as ours is from that of the caveman.

No more sickeness, incredibly long life spans if not immortality plain and simple.
Would marriage still make any sort of sense in such a world?
Could people truly be monogramous “forever and ever” when there is no death to do them part?

Maybe not forever, but it does appear that as naturally social creatures there will always be a pairing off of human beings, even if just for a period of time, and it’s not inconceivable that some couples would wish to publicly proclaim their arrangements: that is, to get married.
This would mean that guests would certainly be receiving favors, or gifts, in affection of their attendance, even in an otherwise entirely changed world!