5 December 2006: Afternoon

A clinical approach to Jackass Number Two.

Apocalypto is supposed to be pretty good--but after Mel Gibson's summer tirade, will anyone consider it for an Oscar?

Inmates who perform underwater construction could someday make for a great (or, you know) Kurt Russell movie.

In my final conversation with one of the smiling young clerks, I had caught myself as I was about to pound my fist on the desk and shout, "I demand to see a grownup!" Trillin at Disney World, 1971.

The internet: where we grieve now.

"Young, hip, drugs, and drinking" contributed to Merit Financial's demise.

Since fast-food employees are practically robots already, why not order at a self-serve kiosk?

Vegetarian environmentalists, welcome your new quandary: Vietnamese catfish-oil biodiesel.

Her daughters, ages 8 and 10, must finish their homework in the afternoon because there was no lighting at the beach after sunset. More than 1,000 of Hawaii's homeless have taken up residence on Oahu beaches.

Georgia state senator's Colombian wife not to be deported after all.

A fully veiled British Muslim woman will deliver this year's alternative Christmas speech on Channel 4.