22 March 2006

  • New York's currently: very sunny, very cold, very eager to see spring
  • Basque separatists ETA declare permanent ceasefire.
  • Political capital burns in Iraq, says Bush, plus troops will be there until 2009.
  • Conservatives gleeful that federal money--at least $157 million in grants--is finally funneling to their causes.
  • Until last week, Amazon's search engine preferred "adoption" to "abortion."
  • Christians mobilize "truth squads" to fight Da Vinci Code movie.
  • Robert Parker: whether wine's best friend or worst enemy, he's certainly having a bad two years.
  • Marine Corps deserter from 1968 caught two weeks ago.
  • Despite 20 years of anti-fume efforts, cancer risk for residents of Los Angeles is twice the national average.
  • Interview with photographer David Maisel.
  • People tend 2 project on2 U whatever they want 2 c. Prince has a new album, and a decorating lawsuit.
  • CNN should be held accountable for this headline.
  • Speaking of headlines: Japan harvests China's organs.
  • How to harvest ice.
  • Sesame Street aims new DVDs at six-month-olds while pediatricians hold steady: no TV before age two.
  • Pre-pixelated clothes for reality TV shows.
  • How to configure 3,000 laptops in three days.
  • New Jersey deserves a monument to its rockers just because the state rocks so hard.
  • The story behind "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is not very happy.
  • Billy Joel used to teach poetry.
  • Explaining just how the Virginia Quarter Review got so good.
  • Call for rejection letters. See also, parallels between middle school and two terms of Bush.