14 July 2006

  • New York's currently: and the way you look will always be a very special thing to me
  • Israel and Hezbollah trade bombs and rockets; Hezbollah: "They said they wanted to hit Beirut and Dahiyeh so we threatened to hit Haifa."
  • Hezbollah, it's important to remember, sometimes operates on its own--without the approval of Tehran or Damascus.
  • So whatever happened to the Iran nuclear offer? They're still mulling it over.
  • India blames Pakistan-based militant group for Mumbai bombings, broadcasts photographs of two suspects.
  • South Korea will block food aid to North Korea until it agrees to return to nuclear talks.
  • Fawlty Towers to reopen as four-star hotel; tycoon to introduce budget hotels--in space.
  • Day laborers band together, demand $15 an hour, get favorable looks from AFL-CIO.
  • WFMU's World Cup Death Count tops out at 78.
  • Wildfires blaze through Pioneertown, live-in Western movie set built in 1946.
  • Sarah Hepola on the week's best videos.
  • New York to soon reach critical mass of Apple Stores.
  • Some would argue it's not creepy to exhume 18th century singers to see how a castrato is built.
  • "Cortically coupled computer vision system" uses non-thinking people to sort images.
  • Beat the heat with U.S.B-powered air-conditioned dress shirts.
  • Dress worn every day for one year by Seattle woman "needs some space."
  • How to toilet train your Japanese baby.
  • Dogs have meat-water; men have makeup; Snakes on a Plane finally has a soundtrack.
  • Male scientist who was formerly a female scientist not taking full advantage of new access to power and privilege.
  • Sometimes your office births a new civilization and you're like, damn, I wish I could go home.
  • Average American worker responsible of $2,000 in lost productivity due to hangovers.