15 April 2004

  • New York's currently: skies, cloudy, gray, lyrical
  • Bush backs Sharon plan for Gaza withdrawal, keeping some key areas in the West Bank, and refusal of right-of-return --Palestinian negotiator invites them to cancel Ramadan too.
  • 'I can't sit with Tony Blair and give Texas to China.' Palestinians outraged over Bush endorsement of Gaza plan.
  • Will Bush's Israel maneuver garner support from Jewish voters?
  • Iraq: About 20,000 troops scheduled to return home this month will have tours extended 'at least' three months, as last week's deadly combat sends the fallen home, for funerals.
  • Sept. 11 panel cites C.I.A. for not acting upon August 2001 briefing, 'Islamic Extremist Learns to Fly,' Agency concedes mistakes.
  • The first character addition to the Morse code in 60 years: @.
  • Attention all who love surveys: Fill out the one about you and TMN.
  • Voice claimed to be Bin Laden on audio tape offers truce to Europe if it 'stops attacking Muslims.'
  • Beijing Evening News plagiarizes the Onion, portraying farce as fact.
  • Briefings, President-ing difficult on vacation, possibly catastrophic when almost all of August 2001 was spent in Crawford.
  • Things not listen to while driving: Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyries,' the Prodigy's 'Firestarter.'
  • Devote yourself to radical D.I.Y. and craftwork with SuperNaturale
  • 'Do you want me to finish?' Someone said, 'Not really.' Writers, readings, and the joys of being published.
  • Coast vs. coast? California boasts more New Yorker subscribers than New York.
  • A lesson in twisting your shirt around, making it all ninja-like.
  • Even at a packed Wrigley Field, nobody will sit in Bartman's seat.
  • Putting safety belts on school buses: Not as simple as you might think.
  • Do like the best of rock and support Jackie Farry.
  • Terrify yourself with Real Fears: a catalog of our phobias.