The news is serious and distressing. However, for my news update posts, I like to look at the offbeat news stories of lesser importance that get overshadowed by the serious stories. In times like these, sometimes, we just need to laugh at bathroom humor news stories and celebrate important moments in STD prevention.

Some content may be NSFW. Except where indicated, bolding in the quotes is mine.

1) Michigan profs push ‘pee for peonies’ urine diversion plan

“Pee for peonies” sounds like either 1) an activist campaign or 2) a children’s alphabet and/or potty-training book. “Urine diversion plan” just sounds suspicious. Anyway, this is an article about a urine-based fertilizer research project. You can tell the author of this article had way too much fun writing this.

A pair of University…