Jesus 'Really Dreading' This Next Birthday, from The Onion.
Longer movies, bigger drinks and no intermissions equal a new kind of epic struggle in the theater: one bowl to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them, from SFGate.com. "While it may be no big tragedy to take a few minutes off from 'The Green Mile,' a bathroom break during 'Return of the King' becomes a pisser of the highest order -- not unlike having to take out the trash in the middle of losing one's virginity."
A False Alarm: Overcoming Globalization's Discontents, from Foreign Affairs.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.
Leno takes bite of 125-year-old fruitcake, from Boston.com. " 'It needs more time,' he said after a deliberate chew."
L&L Drive-Inn aims to open 52 sites in 2004, from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. This includes a franchise just a few hundred miles from here. =) Sadly, there was one that closed in Connecticut that I never knew about. Dammit.
Santa stand-in Lester 'Jim' Clarke arranges an interview with a busy St. Nick, from Boston.com.
Making Cheese Is Her Calling; Make That Her Second Calling, from The New York Times. "A Connecticut nun's scholarly commitment to cheese has taken her from a cloistered life of contemplation, farm chores and Gregorian chants to a Fulbright scholarship, France and fame."
This is a must-listen. Commentary: Third Wiseman, from NPR (click on the blue audio link at the top). "Commentator Bailey White tells about the problems that arose when people discovered that one of the Three Wise Men in her town's nativity display resembled Osama bin Laden. Town officials had to deal not only with their own misgivings, but also large crowds."
Bush-campaign saboteur gets an unlikely olive branch, from the Portland Press-Herald.
Dumpster-Diving for Your Identity, from The New York Times, courtesy of Brad and Rachel.
Lost? Hiding? Your Cellphone Is Keeping Tabs, from The New York Times, courtesy of Brad.
When Hanukkah Is in Jeopardy, a Jewish Superman Gets the Call, from The New York Times.
Women 'should stay single to stay sane,' from Ananova.com, courtesy of Robin.
'Barbie Lobster' spared from steam pot, from Boston.com.
125-year-old fruitcake is 'family heirloom,' from Boston.com.
From Mark A: Tired of Looking So Good? Dr. Bukk's artistic, finely detailed fake teeth for connoisseurs.
Also from Mark A: Washington struggles with its own catch-22, from The Age (Australia). "The existence of the weapons was Mr Bush's justification for the war. But this week, he essentially wrote off the weapons hunt. Asked whether Saddam had only an intention to get WMD and did not actually have any, Mr Bush replied: 'What's the difference?' and added: 'If he were to acquire weapons, he would be the danger.' "
Queer Eye for Saddam and Queer Eye for the Medieval Man.
Human hair: The bare truth, from the Economist.
Senate Carpool 'Forgets' To Pick Up Feingold Again, from The Onion.
Saddam the great dictator of fairy tales, from the Daily Telegraph.
Health club ends nude swimming tradition, from Boston.com.
How A Couple Of Cyclists Built And Flew The First Successful Airplane 100 Years Ago This Month, from cyclingnews.com.
Town files legal action against residents who signed petitions, from The State (South Carolina).
Texas housewife busted for hawking erotic toys, from SFGate.com.
Q: What will happen when a national political machine can fit on a laptop? A: See below, from The Washington Post.
PowerPoint Makes You Dumb, from The New York Times.
Woman Claims Thurmond As Father, from the Washington Post.
The world's expanding waistline: The shape of things to come, from The Economist.
Velonews just put up a cool article on Independent Fabrication.
Remarks to the Commonwealth Club, by Michael Crichton. "Today, one of the most powerful religions in the Western World is environmentalism... How will we manage to get environmentalism out of the clutches of religion, and back to a scientific discipline? There's a simple answer: we must institute far more stringent requirements for what constitutes knowledge in the environmental realm."
Do Your Own Thing Unto Others: Celebrating 35 Years of Baby Boomer Tyranny, a cartoon from Reason.com.
Clinton Googles Self, from The Onion.
CEO's Marital Duties Outsourced To Mexican Groundskeeper, from The Onion.
Here are my sister's dog, Leilani (left), and my dad's dog, Charly, in costume at the annual Halloweiner party for rescued dachsunds near LA.
Dave Barry's holiday gift guide.
Lingerie Bowl creator: 'we don't want to compromise the girls,' from Boston.com.
Indian teachers banned from knitting, from Boston.com
Kris says this will drive you crazy. The Retail Alphabet Game.
Seattle OKs Elvis impersonator cabbies, from Boston.com.
Flight suit? Mangled language? That's Bush!, from Boston.com.
From Kris, a quiz: Computer Programmer or Serial Killer? I only scored a 7/10.
READ AL FRANKEN'S BOOK.
Secret agent man! (RealPlayer file.You must watch this.)
These two items from Ilana score high on the "whoa" scale. A Fossil, Decidedly Male, and Old as the Hills, from the New York Times. German cannibal tells of fantasy, from the BBC.
NY Council Introduces 'Potty Parity' Bill, from the Washington Post. A reader of Reason's Hit & Run suggested Magic Cone.
Bay State luring well-paid techies, but is losing the middle class, from Boston.com.
Automaker to sponsor lingerie bowl game, from Boston.com.
Automakers to Redesign SUVs to Reduce Risks, from The New York Times.
College Freshman Cycles Rapidly Through Identities, from The Onion.
Letter From North Korea: No Questions? Good. Now Enjoy Your Stay, from the Washington Post.
The Man Who Mistook His Girlfirend for a Robot, from Popular Science.
From Kris: go to www.google.com, type in "miserable failure" and click on "I'm feeling lucky" (tip: type in miserable failure without quotes)
Rumsfeld Ramble Wins 'Foot in Mouth' Award, from Reuters, courtesy of Mark A.
Name that War, from The New York Times, courtesy of Rachel.
Man changes name to Bubba Bubba Bubba, from Boston.com.
The Bush Betrayal, from the Washington Post.