22 May 2006

  • New York's currently: wishing the radiator would snap back on
  • FBI accuses Rep. William J. Jefferson of Louisiana of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, finds $90K in his freezer.
  • Air strikes on suspected Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan leave dozens of fighters, civilians dead.
  • U.S. proposes anti-missile sites in Europe that could intercept warheads from Iran, pressures European banks to reduce Iranian activities.
  • Joint U.S.-Turkey military exercises to focus on preventing nuclear technology from reaching Iran.
  • Nagin wins reelection in New Orleans, promises recovery, opportunity.
  • Shaky hands, phantom typing are signs you may be addicted to the internet.
  • From constipation during space travel to avian flu, kimchi boasts curative powers for the ills of the day--let the studies begin.
  • The tricky side to naming airports--many refuse to use the names, and the buildings must be re-christened.
  • Ian Frazier, again with the coyotes, this time an interview with the one caught in Central Park.
  • In certain messes, the tradition of chiding or poking good-natured fun through limericks and ditties is practiced. Army-regulation jokes.
  • Manhattan mugger robs deliverymen of cash, food, and bikes, then forces them to strip naked.
  • "What we're doing is sort of like putting a wing on the Taj Mahal." The very uphill battle of building near Thomas Jefferson's original UVA campus.
  • "Death coaches" gives support to the grieving--and could alter the face of hospice care.
  • For those who can't remember Old Testament laws, LEGO storyboards can help.
  • Sunny Delight poisons spring, fish.
  • When asked if he would consider giving [the ball] to Bonds, Snyder declined with a mild expletive.
  • American television places characters in coffee shops, but Bollywood sets scenes in call centers.
  • Berkeley's "Naked Guy" dies in jail.
  • [Ian] McCulloch hated the name, and so they became the Crucial Three, a group who just talked about being a group, and how legendary they would be.
  • Mp3s: Many bands, many covers of "Love Will Tear Us Apart."
  • Video: Garbage day plus maniacal laughter.