19 April 2002

  • New York's currently: a tornado.
  • Vatican's discussion with American cardinals to cover celibacy, gay candidates, role of women in Catholic church.
  • Bush calls Sharon a 'man of peace,' U.S. emissaries to renew contact with Palestinian authorities.
  • U.N. envoy to Middle East calls Jenin refugee camp 'horrifying,' says 'Israel has lost all moral ground.'
  • Intense article against Jew-hating in Europe.
  • Times Middle East columnist Thomas Friedman disoriented, unsure of what to say.
  • Mandela makes worldwide call for information about murdered boy whose torso showed up in the Thames.
  • Supreme Court Judge Stevens turns 82 on Saturday; a brief sketch of a puzzling personality.
  • U.S. joins Cuba, Libya, and Syria in opposing U.N. proposal to limit torture, saying new prison-inspection rules are anti-constitutional, allegedly persuading other countries not to sign.
  • 826 Valencia: Dave Eggers's new project, teaching better writing skills to kids in San Francisco. Mighty Girl signs up to volunteer and meets Eggers and his 'fantastic genius-hair.'
  • Mos Def's transition from hip-hop to Broadway in new Pultizer-winning play Topdog/Underdog.
  • Interview with Peter Bogdanovich, director of The Last Picture Show and now The Cat's Meow, a man who wears his cuffs unbuttoned (Audrey Hepburn said it's more comfortable that way) with plenty to say about Orson Welles, another man who suffered early success.
  • Photoshop Tennis at 11am.
  • Abston Church of Christ, made of Legos, in honor of cat.
  • 10 second mysteries with Detective Nick McCleary.