18 April 2006

  • New York's currently: about to leave the coat at home
  • Suicide bombing in Tel Aviv--the deadliest attack in Israel in two years--receives approval from Hamas, condemnation by Abbas.
  • Mississippi senators earmark $700 million in a war spending bill to relocate a Gulf Coast rail line that's already been rebuilt.
  • New White House Chief of Staff signals overhaul in personnel, telling those planning to leave to pack up now.
  • Osteoporosis drug is shown to reduce the chance of developing breast cancer, but with less chance of side effects--such as uterine cancer and blood clots--of similar drugs.
  • On April 18, 1906, the "Great Quake" struck San Francisco.
  • Former Illinois governor George Ryan found guilty on all counts.
  • Eighty-three-year-old Japanese soldier turns up in the Ukraine.
  • Long Island man who had his neighbor's cat euthanized is a regular at the animal shelter.
  • Principal who imposed classroom lockdown during immigration walkouts must have read "nuclear attack" as "unclear attack."
  • Software shows the shape of songs: Chopin, "Mazurka in F# Minor," Bach, "Goldberg Variations," Madonna, "Like A Prayer."
  • CEOs say how you treat wait staff is a good indicator of character.
  • David Sedaris: "It seems a bit silly to me that everyone gets their panties in a knot because a first-time memoirist lied! You've got these people saying, 'That drunk lied to us!' Well, yeah, he's a drunk!"
  • Iraq and the U.N. are trying to save Babylon, with plans to set up a cultural center "and possibly even an Iraqi theme park."
  • WhatACrappyPresent.com vs. Kids Go Crazy at Christmas (video).
  • We can study [Cobain's] poetical imagination at work by reading the only poem in his published journals. His response demonstrates that he died by a willful act of misreading.
  • A scientific explanation for why girls go wild--context is everything.
  • Man caught after two years of overriding traffic lights to get to work on time.
  • Jason Kottke joins TMN and others on the Deck--limited advertising opportunities are available through July.
  • Unlike Flintstone and Jetson, Bob the Builder is a total workaholic.