29 August 2005

New York's currently: getting on board with this penguin thing

The threat of Hurricane Katrina near its shores this morning, most of New Orleans evacuates--at least those who could, did.

As experts have predicted for years, a direct hit from a Category 5 storm could absolutely decimate New Orleans.

Katrina: worse than Hurricane Camille in 1969. And: A map of what could happen, if disaster strikes.

With Sunnis blocked from the final version of Iraq's draft constitution, the Bush administration says, hey, it's not so bad.

"Justin Finn," is a dactyl--with three n's, including a terminal one--curiously akin to "Frankenstein." The annotated version of Kevin Guilfoile's Cast of Shadows. Also: See Kevin's contribution to the Chicago Noir anthology. (pdf)

"I had a kind of education in hate, because of being the object of it." Salman Rushdie recalls the fatwa.

"The use of nor'easter to describe a northeast storm is a pretentious and altogether lamentable affectation, the odious, even loathsome, practice of landlubbers who would be seen as salty as the sea itself." What you'll get if you say this word... don't say it.

TMN is looking for a fall intern--tell us if it should be you!

Will Shortz on the phenomenon of sudoku.

So, really, why is it that we tip?

Audio: Listen to the sounds that owls make.

The FAQ of Islamic law, according to Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani.

Could the New York subway flasher be a raw-foods chain owner?

Puzzles all the time at MathPuzzle.com. (Yes, they have sudoku.)