17 November 2003

New York's currently: your favored island shores

Schwarzenegger 'no-frills' swearing-in today. With frills.

Mortality type in NYC, by neighborhood.

Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Turkey bombings. Related: Al Qaeda threatens attacks in Tokyo if Japan sends troops to Iraq.

Afghanistan's opium production soars 19-fold in two years, now the world's major source of heroin.

Ignoring the lessons of the 1920 revolt against the British in Baghdad.

At the Rubik's Cube championships. Related: Garry Kasparov beats X3D Fritz chess computer, evens four-game match.

We didn't have anything to stir [the salad dressing] with…so Newman went to the river outside the barn and got his canoe paddle…he came back and started churning, and I said: 'You're out of your goddamned mind. That paddle isn't sterile. Nothing is sterile.' But he didn't care. And, fortunately, after we gave it to the neighbors as gifts, no one died. The history of Newman's Own.

By the end of the set, one member was shoeless, another had only one shoe remaining, and I had lost my mittens and thermos cap. Todd Levin goes to a British Sea Power show, clothing is lost.

Darkness Falls: A horror film where the tooth fairy is the monster. When darkness falls… crap rises. Writer takes full advantage of Blockbuster plan, watches 52 DVDs in a month, reviews each one.

Onlookers mistake corpse for sculpture.

French wine industry promotes drinking and driving.

The downloadable New Yorker cartoon crossword puzzle. This should be fun.

Webcams from the San Diego Zoo: 'Panda Cam' and 'Polar Bear Plunge.' ('Absolutely Apes' and 'Elephant Cam' coming soon.)

Artists recreate covers for their favorite albums.

Throwing papers in the trash because they weren't stapled correctly, giving students a zero if they failed to turn in homework within 10 seconds, and giving a quiz on an entire textbook after a few weeks of class. The worst science teacher in the world. [via obscure store]