New Tests Make For Hard Choices
Amy Harmon in the New York Times (syndicated version of the article is linked) looks at the dilemma facing parents to be as genetic screening tests improve.Fetal genetic tests …
SpaceShipOne Hits Outer Space
Dale Amon (of Samizdata) reports from the Mojave dessert that SpaceShipOne piloted by Mike Melvill successfully reached it's goal altitude of 100Km (62 mile) and it's time to celebrate. …
A Peek Behind The Curtains
This is the kind of shit that makes you want to stop blogging: "You have till Monday June 21st to remove all images of Lana(NSFW)" The details are in …
Not That There's Anything Wrong With It
It's hard enough being a teenager without your teachers making fun of you...BARNSTEAD, N.H. - The parents of two seventh-grade boys are suing the school district after a teacher …
Weekend Caption Contest™ Winners
This weeks Weekend Caption Contest™ had many fine captions. The winning captions for this photo are shown below: 1) (Aaron) - "Fredo, you're my older brother and I love …
It Doesn't Matter What You Say
Laurence Simon makes a good point. Tonights hostage video seen round the world features a begging and pleading South Korean citizen. Whether the begging was his idea or his …
TiVo Math
1 spare hard drive + 1 hour = 147 hour TiVo Life is good....
Clinton Book Trashed By The New York Times
New York Times literary critic Michiko Kakutani savages Bill Clinton's autobiography. From a condensed version of Kakutani's review appearing in the Arizona Republic:As his celebrated 1993 speech in Memphis …
Bonfire Of The Vanities Reminder
Bonfire of the Vanities entries are due by Monday at midnight EDT. Send a link to your worst post along with any self serving excuses or clever self mocking …
Celebrity Sex In The News
Bill Clinton is had a shit fit when a BBC interviewer questioned him on the Monica Lewinsky affair. Survivor All-Star Jenna Lewis has a new "Paris Hilton" video (NSFW) …