16 November 2004

  • New York's currently: a holiday shopping extravaganza on every corner
  • Powell resigns as Secretary of State, Rice to replace him. Others from Cabinet will step down as well.
  • Shuffling the deck: With Powell's moderate diplomacy out, and Rice's unquestionable loyalty (yet questionable competency) in, Bush appears to have built a sturdier Cabinet, to whatever result.
  • And about the man who lit himself on fire outside the White House? He's a Yemeni terror informant upset with his treatment by the FBI.
  • Game: Fun with U.S. geography quickly turns to addiction, but the fun kind.
  • Great white shark "as big as a helicopter" devours woman off South African beach.
  • William Safire shutters his column at the Times--though he'll continue to write "On Language."
  • Video: Cute girl sings cute song to cute children about kissing her (presumably cute) parents, plus adorable eggs.
  • With the election safely behind them, McCain slams Bush over environmental climate change.
  • Disasters between February 1873 and February 1874.
  • Classic: A short animated piece depicting the end of the world.
  • Children's book, It's Just a Plant, defends marijuana use… for adults, mind you.
  • Audio: Cheap Trick on The Simpsons, plus recordings of their 1998 live Heaven Tonight show. [via things]
  • More than 2,000 former soldiers called up for Iraq refuse through litigation or desertion.
  • The ladder theory of male-female relationships, and how to know who's in your league and who's not.
  • New mannequins feature larger bottoms; J. Lopez, B. Knowles, S. Mix-a-Lot credited.
  • A guide to New York restaurant Thanksgiving menus.