20 July 2006

  • New York's currently: sitting on the engine driver's lap
  • Israel dumps 23 tons of bombs on suspected bunker of Hezbollah leader; Hezbollah says no members were hurt in the attack.
  • U.N. warns civilian deaths and "indiscriminate shelling" in Lebanon, Israel, and Gaza could constitute war crimes.
  • Whoa! I can sure feel the glory bumps after reading this thread! The current Mideast conflict has message boards very excited about the second coming of Christ.
  • Author's autobiography claims she is the living Da Vinci Code.
  • Iran promises answer on nuclear incentives package in a month.
  • Scattering ashes on golf courses and from the backs of Harleys: Baby boomers plan their funerals.
  • TMN T-shirts--not appropriate for burial, but in 50 years, who knows?
  • The water system that delivers 1.3 billion gallons a day to the city has been clouded by particles of clay... that make the water look like chocolate Yoo-hoo.
  • Buddhism experiences revival in steppes of Mongolia.
  • East German museum offers interactive fun with bugged room, beatings with hoses; OK, no beating with hoses.
  • Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), is wanted by the Crown for falsely impersonating a Rolling Stone. Anthony Lane loves a good pirate joke.
  • Keith Richards to receive pardon from governor for Arkansas traffic stop 30 years ago.
  • Japan will predict the weather 30 years from now.
  • Despite growing fuel and environmental concerns, across the U.S. states are boosting the speed limit, in some places up to 80 m.p.h.
  • Celebrity cookbooks often contain the recipes of someone else--someone whose name never graces the cover.
  • The 50 albums that changed the course of musical history, with examples of their lasting influence.
  • Mp3s: The unofficial albums of Brian Eno.
  • A look at the classic 1920s California homes that were originally built from mail-order kits.
  • Video: The crew of the Enterprise visit Monty Python's Camelot.