Ok, so Thurmond’s ancestor once owned Sharpton’s ancestor (although, I take a lot of that genealogy stuff with a grain of salt), and we all know how Thurmond believed in segragation (except for when it came to his parent’s housekeeper)*, but:
Slavery Ties Sharpton to Thurmond - New York Times ** : “Sharpton, who ran for […]

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Ok, so this will probably be big news on Monday: Jesus: Tales from the Crypt - The Middle East Blog - TIME.What I love about these type of speculations is that a 423 word article can lead to a comment section which has over 250,000 words. Say what you will about Jesus, but I know […]

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This may be the nicest news I’ve heard yet today:
news @ nature.com - Universe bounces back from the brink - Cycling cosmos obeys thermodynamics without ripping itself apart.
It has to be the closest ever shave. Two physicists have proposed that, a fraction of a second before a cataclysm that would destroy space-time itself, the Universe […]

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And they’re not marketing anything. Go figure.

Click here for more Trip On A Link :: Headless Dude hijinks.
Moreover, the tape lollipop dude is well known in dc circles.

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If the Chargers win the Superbowl in 2008 (and he is the head coach on the sidelines), I will shave my head just like Britney. I promise.
Now, how many of my loyal readers will pay to see that?

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Three random things that I came across in Wikipedia recently that probably only interest me:
X&Y - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: “The album’s cryptic cover art was designed by Tappin Gofton (aka Mark Tappin and Simon Gofton), who created the cover for The Chemical Brothers’ latest release, Push the Button. The blocks are the Baudot code-encoding […]

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Wellington Grey made this funny little flowchart:

I know what you’re thinking “but what if you don’t have faith in flowcharts?”
Oh, and here’s another one of his creations, What Would Richard Feynman Do?
via Boing Boingvia Plastic Bag

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Here’s a nice article, The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids — New York Magazine, relating some psychological work which I’ve always tried to explain to my relatives and friends that were parents. i.e. I’d rather be hardworking than lucky and I’d rather be lucky than smart. Drive, perseverance, resiliency are so […]

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I changed the color scheme a bit and added a new banner at the top.
Let me know what you think.

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Nice dynamic webpage which scours the ‘net for all those mp3s laying around:SeeqPod Music (beta). You can leisurely listen and compose fair use reviews of all that intellectual property.
Then, when you want to download the NBC Nightly News (not sure why you would do that), search Youtube easily and save the vids locally, or play […]

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