8 February 2005

  • New York's currently: finding what's been under these snowdrifts
  • Bush sends budget to Congress: murky areas, but lots of cuts; down on education; down on food and heating; up on military; and the full breakdown, by agency
  • Why Congress isn't going to go along with the new budget.
  • Israel and Palestinian leaders begin summit, pledge ceasefire.
  • The uncollected writings of J.D. Salinger.
  • "We can't run out of this wine--we think people are making the journey to be here, and we want to have what they've come for." Santa Barbara, Pinot Noir, and the Sideways era.
  • France hopes for renewed relations with the U.S., points toward water under the bridge.
  • Desperate to get reservations at a notoriously difficult-to-get-into restaurant? Buying somebody else's may be the answer.
  • Scientists try to determine which animals can feel pain.
  • Six weeks late, but too good to miss: An mp3 of the cast of Twin Peaks singing "The Twelve Days of Christmas."
  • Even if Margaret Atwood's remote autograph machine is a joke, does that mean it's a bad idea?
  • A collection of photos of those who have gone way too far at Star Wars conventions.
  • Canada rocks: Montreal is the next musical hotspot and U.S. citizens really are trading states for provinces.
  • Isn't there something strange about being able to print your boarding pass from home? The loophole you always knew about, and why it's so terrifying.
  • Catch some blood and flying teeth as Choire Sicha judges Lily Tuck vs. T.C. Boyle in the TMN Tournament of Books.
  • Illustrated notebooks from four years of computer-science classes.
  • Handy: How to fold maps.