1 December 2005

  • New York's currently: giving in order to receive
  • Bush unveils new strategy in Iraq war, and it involves a lot of optimism.
  • Kurds strike oil deal with Norwegian drilling company, but don't bother to tell Iraq government about it first.
  • BBC to start Arabic-language rival to al Jazeera.
  • Toddler infiltration of Manhattan has increased by 26% since 2000.
  • Why we wake up right before the alarm goes off: hormonal secretions.
  • Worst family outing ever: Museum displays Saddam's torture chambers, with statues "frozen in agony."
  • New Yorkers can now buy their Christmas trees online--delivery, setup, and removal included.
  • For those who would rather meet their tree in person, a map of New York Christmas tree retailers.
  • What to do in New York during the holiday season.
  • Fantastic collection of eight-track tapes, including Sgt. Pepper's (as performed by Atlanta Connection) and Yuletide Disco.
  • Now we can lose twice in one game: Chessboxing--exactly what it sounds like.
  • Every statistic on everybody in every city in every state.
  • Scientific proof Gulf Stream weakening, Atlantic meridional overturning circulation stopping, all gonna die. (Helpful map.)
  • Story about books bound with human skin makes people think of Nazis, naturally.
  • Photos from new book, Unembedded, about life in Iraq, despite the violence.
  • In late 1997 my face changed due to gas holograms of another older person placed over my face puffing up my face and eyes.
  • Researchers "discover" singing icebergs, but surely the icebergs knew they could sing all along.