22 November 2005

  • New York's currently: raining every Wednesday or, on short weeks, Tuesday
  • More than 40 million people have AIDS, with five million infected last year.
  • Europeans to delay referring Iran to the Security Council for sanctions.
  • GM tacks on another 5,000 to the 25,000 jobs it will cut.
  • Cheney whips foes with an olive branch.
  • Just in time for the bowl game of your choice: New TMN merchandise!
  • I want to create a Love Nest that is off-the-grid and sustainable. Applications to be Dennis Kucinich's wife.
  • Mistress boom in Chinese politics, and "first wives" are fighting back.
  • 'Tis the season for infidelity--detectives watch Tiffany's for cheaters buying pricey baubles.
  • Much more about flipbooks than you knew existed.
  • Merkel to begin chancellation of Germany's new coalition.
  • Austrian Alpine town, dark for much of the winter, to be lit by giant mirrors.
  • Op: Foreign forces are needed if violence is to cease in Sudan.
  • Smokers' Brokers helps you trade cigarettes for capital, invest the money in mutual funds.
  • In battle of oranges and bananas, Kenyans reject new constitution (see key points here).
  • Kate Bush and James Joyce, The Beatles and Roald Dahl. Bands and their corresponding authors.
  • How to get your child into Ivy League New York kindergartens.
  • Welcome to the Cloud Appreciation Society. Eye some morning glories and ladies of the mist.
  • Finally, a worthwhile use for Apple's Dashboard function: Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies.
  • "I'm a brand," Pitt interjects. "I ask myself this question."
  • Baudrillard: Nobody needs French theory.
  • Camden, N.J., is nation's most dangerous city, and very pissed about the classification.
  • Extremely sophisticated Christmas lights. (Turn on sound.)