26 January 2006

  • New York's currently: unseasonably seasonal weather
  • Prime minister and cabinet resign as Hamas wins control of Palestinian parliament.
  • Terrorists strike Russian gas lines--bad news for Europe, which depends on Russia for a quarter of its natural gas.
  • MTA offers transit workers replacement contract without many of the agreed-upon provisions.
  • In a reversal of policy, U.S. plans to take spent nuclear fuel from other countries, reprocess it.
  • World Health Organization pegs Chinese AIDS cases at 650K, less than half what many previously estimated.
  • New study shows parents are more likely to be depressed than those without children. Related: How to build a harem through sorcery.
  • The answer to this question is: Why, who wouldn't be?
  • Sex before public speaking makes for better oratory.
  • Manchester Easter procession to feature Bez as a disciple and "Love Will Tear Us Apart" sung by Jesus.
  • Nice archive of vintage magazine covers--Field and Stream, Boys' Life, Bon Appetit, lots more.
  • EPA calls for elimination of chemical used in Teflon-making process, which "has contaminated the bloodstream of most Americans."
  • Op: American hegemony sucks, except when it doesn't.
  • Just one more day to nominate your favorite novels from 2005 in The Morning News Tournament of Books!
  • The Olympic torch is having a rough time getting to Turin.
  • Ask questions, answer others with Just Curious.
  • Stanford just one of a number of colleges to put free content on iTunes.
  • Stewie from The Family Guy to get own (online) talk show.
  • Google criticized for censoring Chinese results. And: Simple hug is fraught with symbolism.
  • This weekend: the Idiotarod.
  • Bowie's original 1969 "Space Oddity" video has helpful labeling of primary characters.