9 July 2004

  • New York's currently: crisp pools and cold movie theaters
  • Trying to squeeze out the votes necessary to defeat a Patriot Act-softening bill, House Republicans go into session overtime, are chanted at. Next: Banning gay marriage.
  • Missing Marine from hostage video shows up at U.S. Embassy in Lebanon.
  • What it says about us: The paycheck landscape of New York shows that massage therapists make more than preschool teachers and fitness trainers.
  • Scientists claim White House scrutinized their politics in interviews for advisory committees.
  • "Great steaks and a terrific atmosphere." / Insects present in facility. Rudy Guiliani's restaurant reviews and the Department of Health citations that go with them.
  • Iraqis, U.S. troops now favor throwing rocks over shooting each other.
  • The cost and dangers of poor handwriting.
  • It's really starting to come together now: 639-year-long John Cage piece gets two notes played; next ones scheduled for March 2006.
  • Spooky photographic adventures into creepy places like New Jersey, Texas, and New Mexico at Lost Destinations.
  • Bush military records inadvertently destroyed.
  • The good people at They Rule show how ExxonMobil spends millions of dollars to change our beliefs: ExxonSecrets.org.
  • Video: Glenn Danzig and other very aggressive people get in a fight.
  • Finally, an appropriately lush new website from one of the very best modern vineyards, Bonny Doon.
  • In an era of every-shrinking attention spans, here's a downloadable mix of short, but excellent, songs.
  • Video: Lego Spider-Man fights Lego Dr. Octopus.