If you want to be grossed out, check out this item on Arnold Schwarzenegger from The Smoking Gun, courtesy of Mark A.
More Smoking Gun from Mark A: Backstage Pass, a collection of backstage riders from more than 100 acts. Mark says: "You can spend hours here." Only if you're a consultant....
Neocon quiz, from the Christian Science Monitor "Are you a neoconservative? Take this quiz to find out."
Wow that's EPIC! 2003 Sea Stars, a bike race from Hilo (sea-level) to the Mauna Kea visitor's center (9,160 vertical feet and 33.6 miles from Hilo). More epic-ness: Cycle to the Sun, "36-Mile extreme bike race starting at sea level and climbing to 10,005' summit of Haleakala." Ouch. (The record finish time is 2 hours and 38 minutes, held by Jonathan Vaughters.)
Segway scooter ascends Mount Washington, from Boston.com.
MIT Everyware, from Wired. "Every lecture, every handout, every quiz. All online. For free. Meet the global geeks getting an MIT education, open source-style."
The Music of Senator Orrin Hatch.
'The trees were a deeper green than I imagined, and so tall,' from the Guardian. "Three years ago, Mike May's sight was partially restored by a pioneering transplant using stem cells. Now, as neuroscientists release their analysis of the effects of the operation on the brain, we publish his remarkable account of seeing for the first time since he was three "
Wrong on so many levels... Mom stiffs stripper for poor performance, from Boston.com.
The Origami Boulder Company, from Kris.
Ikea sets sights on Avon site, from Boston.com, courtesy of Craig and Mark A.
Going electronic, from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin." [Jake] Shimabukuro uses an electric ukulele for some of the songs on his 'Crosscurrent' album."
I think there's a spy among us...
The End of Evolution? from The New York Times.
PowerPoint Is Evil, from Wired. "Power Corrupts.PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely."
Revolutionary Thinker: Leon Trotsky's Great-Granddaughter Is Following Her Own Path to Greatness, from the Washington Post.
QED: Sounding odd? That'll be the booze talking, from the Daily Telegraph. "Dr McGuigan decided there was only one thing for it: he would have to perform a scientific study of the effects of alcohol on the human voice."
Expanding the ROTC Concept to Train a Better Spy, from Newhouse News Service.
Chicken tied to helium balloons up for adoption, from Ananova.com. "Kat Brown, deputy director of the shelter, said: 'This is a great chicken, a friendly chicken, a chicken that is ready for a relationship.' "
Some people have way more time than I do... Check out Dueling Banjos.
Single Mac keeps company running while Windows machines fail due to Blaster worm, from MacDailyNews.
Babies In a Bottle: Artificial wombs and the beginning of human life, from Reason.com.
In Defense Of Prostitution, by Heidi Fleiss, from Legal Affairs.
No-smoking law creates quandary for 'sober bar': Told to serve liquor where alcoholics meet, from the Edmonton Journal.
School Committee gives Laboy vote of confidence, from Boston.com. "Embattled schools chief Wilfredo T. Laboy, who three times has failed to pass a state-mandated English literacy test and faces contract scrutiny, has been given a vote of confidence by the Lawrence School Committee."
Reality TV continues its downward spriral with Race to the Altar.
'Gun' takes aim with sardonic shots, from Boston.com, about a TV show based on the Smoking Gun Web site.
Al Franken In Sorry State: Comedian apologizes to Ashcroft for "imprudent attempt at satire," from the Smoking Gun.
Why Humans and Their Fur Parted Ways, from The New York Times.
Clad in Resolve, Nude Hiker Defies the British Body Image, from The New York Times. Mark A says: "bada bing."
Jury acquits pilot, who questioned IRS, of tax-evasion counts, from gomemphis.com.
Attack of the Smartasses, from SF Weekly. "Friendster.com creator Jonathan Abrams wants to purge his über-hip dating site of phony profiles. But online 'fakesters' are fighting back. Hilariously."
Kansas is Flatter Than a Pancake, from AIR. "In this report, we apply basic scientific techniques to answer the question 'Is Kansas as flat as a pancake?' "
The New Diamond Age, from Wired. "Armed with inexpensive, mass-produced gems, two startups are launching an assault on the De Beers cartel.Next up: the computing industry."
Why the French prefer sweat to Yankee air conditioning, from the Daily Telegraph.
And then there were 10: Marriage derby heats up, from Boston.com.
Haines has a workout partner for Armstrong, from the Achnorage Daily News, courtesy of Mark A. It's a story about a close encounter between people on bikes and bears on foot. (Ed had one when we were in Glacier NP and scared it away with the sqeal of his 'cross brakes.)
Who Wants To Marry My Daughter?, from wbur.org. Courtesy of Alison.
What do dogs want?, from Boston.com.
'I survived Gigli' shirt giveaway in Boston, from CNN.com, courtesy of Alison.
Great Haven for Families, But Don't Bring Children, from The New York Times.
Rise in Teen Sexual Activity Comes As Surprise to Area Teen, from The Onion.
President Bush and Secretary Powell Meet in Crawford, from WhiteHouse.gov. Courtesy of Mark A. Apparently, Bush calls Powell a "patsy."
Spike TV: Manly Image, Girly Logo, from Zap2It, courtesy of my co-worker, Alison.
To Fox, 'Fair and Balanced' Doesn't Describe Al Franken, from The New York Times, also from Alison.
Luxury Loo: The Seat Also Rises, from Wired. Courtesy of Cam.
After 'Gigli,' Less of J.Lo Is Seen As a Good Thing, from The New York Times.
Check out Snoop Dogg's Shizzolator.
The Probability that Real Estate Agent is Cheating You (and Other Riddles of Modern Life), from the New York Times. This profile of economist Steven Levitt is a must-read.
From Mark A: Al Franken and the Lying Liars, from AlterNet.org. Mark's favorite part:
Scott Vogel: Did you face a backlash after you wrote Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot or after your recent appearance with O'Reilly on C-SPAN?
FRANKEN: No, no. I just tend to get really nasty e-mails. And I just send them back a little e-mail saying, "Thank you for your kind e-mail regarding my" -- and I skip a space, and I put a forward arrow -- "three-inch penis." Then I skip a space. "As you can imagine, I receive so many positive responses to my" -- skip a space, arrow -- "three-inch penis, that I'm unable to respond to them all." Then they get mad, yeah.
Josh says, "Oh dear God, what will this country produce next?" Elite Force Aviator: George W. Bush - U.S. President and Naval Aviator - 12" Action Figure
National Prayer Day - Pray for the Death of Bill O'Reilly, from LarryFlynt.com.
High Noon is top with film-loving presidents, from the Daily Telegraph. "Jimmy Carter screened 500 pictures, more than any other president, and was the only one to ask for an X-rated movie, Midnight Cowboy."
Teen arrested at Logan for alleged bomb threat in his bag, from Boston.com. Hmm. Some threat. ''[Expletive] you. Stay the [expletive] out of my bag you [expletive] sucker. Have you found a [expletive] bomb yet? No, just clothes. Am I right? Yea, so [expletive] you.''
Prize lifts would-be spacefarers, from SunSpot.net.
A New Breed of Sex Shops, But the Same Fight, from The New York Times.
Maywood's Mean Money Machine, from the LA Times.
Measure to license psychics, from SunSpot.net. You gotta love San Fran.
German penises 'too small for EU condoms,' from Anunova.
Mark A is such an overachiever today. Persuaders or Partisans, from the Washington Post, about partisan editorial pages.
Mark A again: If You Liked the Web Page, You'll Love the Ad, from The New York Times. "The technology is not yet foolproof. The online edition of The New York Post, which is owned by the News Corporation, ran an article last month about a murder in which the victim's body parts were packed in a suitcase, and Google served up an ad for a luggage dealer."
Gridiron players 'too fat,' from the Sydney Morning Herald. "Instead of trying to dance around the real reason for the increasing number of heat-related, training-camp collapses, why won't some NFL team physician put it in a way that everybody understands: The players are just too freaking fat."
"The fact that it's fashionable to hate Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez will probably do nothing to discourage the predictable pig pile of critics trying to outdo each other." - Charles Taylor, Salon.com. Check out the latest compendium of bad "Gigli" reviews from the completely OBSESSED (with bad "Gigli" reviews) Mark A: Ishtar-ed and Feathered: J.Lo-Affleck Movie Sparks Monumental Condemnation, from ABCNews.com. Here's my favorite line, from Boston Globe reviewer Ty Burr: "I've saved the worst for last: Larry and Ricki eventually climb between the sheets in a scene that is insulting to the sexuality of all living creatures, from plankton on up."
Run-on sentence: Punishing 100-mile 'Ultra' event is a labor of love, from Boston.com.
School superintendent fails must-pass English test, from CNN.com.
Canada: Hippie Nation?, from The Nation.
Sword of honour: Paul Robinson on the ancient code of insult and revenge that is still prevalent in the American South, from the Spectator.
Tiny network rides high on Tour de France, from Boston.com.
The "Blob" has been identified!