2 December 2005

  • New York's currently: wishing the "zero for an operator" option applied to all conversations
  • Justice Department lawyers decided DeLay's redistricting plan was illegal, but top officials overruled them.
  • Wide view of the many groups (insert hydra metaphor, Iolaus's torch, etc.) that make up Iraq's insurgency.
  • Third suicide blast in three days kills one, injures 30 in Bangladesh.
  • "I like soft ears" and other phrases pronounced by "healing partner" doll designed for nighttime use by lonely elderly.
  • NME accused (sans proof) of doctoring their year-end music poll (see accusation here).
  • U.S. executes 1000th person since 1976; death sentences at lowest level in three decades.
  • Op: If the state shouldn't kill Crips co-founder Tookie Williams, then it shouldn't kill anybody.
  • New England states move on without Massachusetts to curb power plant emissions.
  • BlackBerry may be forced to halt service soon, and addicts are tweaking.
  • Smokers and dippers can no longer work at the World Health Organization.
  • Op: Your goat-giving selflessness may not be appreciated this holiday season.
  • Lobster boy's fifth-grade report card.
  • RFK's former assistant suspected of murder--at least according to his old Wikipedia profile.
  • Despite poor grades, athletes use $400 diploma to reach college.
  • Podcast: Ricky Gervais starting Monday.
  • From the founders of ArtKrush, Calling Marcel brings together artists and opportunities (grants, prizes, etc.).
  • Apartment therapy launches The Kitchen, a food blog about cooking (not restaurants).
  • Chris Ware appreciation comic.
  • Burglar dives out back window; back window a bit too small.
  • "Secret Satan" is the single greatest holiday anthem about worshiping the denizens of the lower realms ever! Your new favorite press release.