28 October 2004

  • New York's currently: cheering for Boston until lunch, and then it's back to normal
  • Red Sox win World Series under lunar eclipse; thankfully no one dies during post-game revels.
  • Israelis, Palestinians fear chaos from power vacuum if Arafat falls permanently (for now, Sharon will allow him to fly abroad for treatment).
  • Iraqis describe "orgy of theft" at Al Qaqaa, days after American troops swept by in April 2003.
  • West Elm beds fail under coitus.
  • Why do black women account for 72 percent of HIV infections in U.S. females when only 13 percent of Americans are black?
  • List of hostages killed or currently held in Iraq.
  • Legislation against luring bears with pastries, and then shooting them, prompts hunters to reconsider what's fair about baiting.
  • Desired: Esopus magazine.
  • Composer explains how music is scored for news shows, including the mandatory "dead Pope" music, for when the Pope finally dies.
  • Details of those murdered--soldier, politicians, journalist--yesterday in Iraq.
  • Top 100 American speeches.
  • In America, it's only white trash who upgrade. Moscow realtor bemoans fellow citizens' taste for improving their fancy cars rather than discussing Kurt Vonnegut.
  • Judge ends GOP effort to contest 35,000 voters in Ohio.
  • 58,000 absentee ballots in transit to voters go missing in Florida.
  • What things are made of, and how they're designed.
  • Interns from Eliot Spitzer's office report endless drudgery, occasional breathless euphoria.
  • "They Will Know Us By Our T-Shirts," a blog from within Christian retail.
  • Video: How to fold a shirt, perfectly.