7 December 2005

  • New York's currently: qualifying for Super Saver shipping every chance it can get
  • Dual suicide bombers infiltrate, attack Baghdad Police Academy.
  • Florida terror trial shows the Patriot Act can't win cases--only lawyers can.
  • In today's proceedings, Saddam denounces his trial, doesn't show up for court.
  • Supreme Court to decide whether law schools should be required to let military recruiters inside.
  • Military plane filled with Iranian journalists crashes in Tehran, killing 115.
  • Ford Motors decides not to market to gays; actually, Christian conservatives decided for them.
  • Bornean cat-fox newest carnivorous species discovered since Bornean ferret-badger.
  • Study shows the larger the group watching a person in trouble, the less likely anyone is to help.
  • Every December it's a new treat, every day, with Leslie Harpold's advent calendar.
  • A home outfitted as a set from Space: 1999. [See World of Kane for more like this.]
  • Wikipedia to restrict creation of new articles following fake Kennedy assassination claims.
  • The not-so-secret history of "Aeon Flux," in illustrated format, naturally.
  • Anthony Lane on in-tents romance, though with better puns. And: Wonderful interview with Annie Proulx here.
  • So, how much should you really tip your doorman and building staff at the holidays?
  • Playboy in Braille, trading Bibles for porn, and some don't like the Bushes' Christmas cards.
  • Many, many photos of the Kentile Floors sign from Brooklyn's F train.
  • The teacher's voice was really a trombone, muted by a plunger. Five things you didn't know about A Charlie Brown Christmas.
  • Kansas professor plans course on intelligent design, gets beat up.
  • New ad campaign asking Germans to cheer up is met with frowns.
  • Certain products are great for ridding your house of pests, and also for using in religious ceremonies.