3 November 2006

  • If you don't want California lettuce or spinach, how about some Californian inmates instead?
  • The source may be biased, but if the U.S. doesn't want online gambling, the U.K. will gladly take the business.
  • Generation XL crosses the Atlantic: British teens too heavy for military service.
  • Extensive online gallery of Jean Cocteau's visual art.
  • Oh, those sneaky patent lawyers, antagonizing the inventors and all.
  • "The Hindenburg's Altitude" vs. "The Humanity" plotted over time on the day of May 6, 1937.
  • German police want to know why some Euros bank notes are disintegrating.
  • The etymology of nachos.
  • A man who woke up in Denver over a month ago with amnesia has done this before--for nine months in 1995, according to his family.
  • Tired of being a CNN human interest story, Universal Tube and Rollform Equipment decides to finally and legally take on YouTube.
  • Mary Worth, May 17-June 13, 1998, comes to life. Sort of.
  • Since you asked, we're giving you the weekend to complete your fake campaign signs--send yours in by midnight (EST) Sunday!
  • If you're in need of another weekend project, there's this.
  • U.S. government sets up website to release archive of documents captured in Iraq, accidentally includes basic guide on how to build an atomic bomb.
  • Candidates squeeze out final TV spots, pray for truth, justice, and not talking about Iraq.
  • Democrats fret over new voter ID restrictions, believe they may cause Election Day snafus.
  • During the last two elections, the fumes of Air Force One worked like political magic dust for the candidates lucky enough to score visits from Mr. Bush.
  • Israeli forces open fire on women acting as human shield for Gaza mosque.
  • Time to buy a bigger freezer: No more seafood by 2048.
  • Respondents complain about the push polls that are warping their answers.
  • Writers, remember this: Your boss can't detect satire.
  • Letters to God found off the Jersey coast and, soon, on eBay.
  • Democrats determined to convince voters that God could be a Democrat too.
  • The sale of a 1948 Jackson Pollack painting may have just made it the world's most expensive painting--if the published price is really how much the collector will pay.
  • Ten great non-Google maps.
  • The only thing better than Dance Dance Revolution is Dance Dance Revolution in a flame-retardant suit.
  • The new NFL rule that allows football teams to break in their own pigskins delights quarterbacks.
  • Is measuring how fast a quarterback throws a ball accurate? Or even useful?
  • Play-by-play of the Scrabble game that earned two of its players three world records.
  • It's less fun to swallow red wine pills than drink red wine, even if it is healthier.
  • Willie Nelson likes horses, weed, and possibly smoking weed before writing op-ed pieces.