27 February 2006

  • New York's currently: making friends with the radiator
  • Two-thirds of Katrina funds were spent in initial recovery, which doesn't leave much for the expected years of rebuilding.
  • No word yet on Jill Carroll.
  • After week of violence, Iraq's Sunni bloc returns to negotiations.
  • Halliburton subsidiary to be paid nearly all of its disputed costs--more than $250 million--on Iraq contract.
  • Inmates in Afghanistan seize control of jail, issue demands.
  • South Dakota closing in on abortion ban, "morning-after pill" entering court battles along red-state/blue-state lines.
  • Russia, Iran reach deal to produce non-weapons-grade uranium on Russian soil.
  • Distraction of Rio's Carnival helps thieves get away with a Picasso, a Matisse, a Monet, and a Dali.
  • H&R Block forgets to carry the one on its tax return.
  • Obits: Frederick Busch, Don Knotts, Darren McGavin.
  • Blonde women evolved for attractiveness, and people have been trying to get into their loincloths ever since.
  • Bigger is better doesn't apply to U.K. publishers (e.g., a list of presses).
  • Op: Award ceremonies are perfect substitutes for not thinking about art.
  • Worried your professor is a biased liberal? Well, does he smell like Phish?
  • National Archives footage now on Google Video.
  • When Morrissey and I started The Smiths, we thought pop music was the most important thing in the world. Johnny Marr on The Queen is Dead.
  • How to game the SAT essay section.
  • Japanese military book remade with maid dolls.
  • There are some spooky vibrations in Maine.
  • I will not require Caliban to hump Stephano's leg while telling him about Miranda, no matter how big a laugh it will get. The things I will not do when I direct a Shakespeare production, on stage or film.