Quickies: Kid Gloves

• The Philadelphia School District has banned workers from listening to music on their computers, since the students can’t play music in school. This is lame; the best part about being an adult (I’m told) is that you get to do things that kids can’t? Why ruin everyone’s fun, School District? [Daily News]

• An anti-gay marriage letter to the U.S. Senate had Cardinal Justin Rigali’s name on it. This should surprise anyone who’s never heard of any religion, let alone Catholicism. [Philadelphia Gay News]

• Barbaro is doing much better, thank you very much. Hooray! Money quote: “My hope for him is that he lives a painless life. Whether that means he’ll be a stallion with little Barbaros, that would be the extreme hope for him.” Would that painless life involve being forced to run around a track while being whipped? [AP/Metro]

• Apparently, one Camden school collected money for field trips when — whoops! — the school district pays for the trips. We can do that? say Philadelphia schools? Now we can get textbooks that go past Chester A. Arthur! [Inky]