- Found this phrase in a book about Amsterdam today: "During the 17th century, the Trip family held the municipal monopoly on munitions manufacture." Tee-hee!
- Got a couple hundred thou burning a whole in your pocket? There's a mastodon up for bid on ebay..... Who wouldn't want their very own mastodon?
- So, the governor of New York resigned. That's a shame - I really liked him. However, the scandal has produced some amusing moments. First, an ad for this shirt was in my e-mail by noon yesterday.
- Second, we got this sentence:
"CNN apologized today for getting on-air analysis of Gov. Spitzer's legal options from a former U.S. Attorney who resigned after being accused of biting a stripper."
- Ever have one of those days when you just didn't want to leave the bathroom? A woman in Kansas had over seven hundred of those days in a row.
- It starts out sounding like a good idea: a group of Israelis is suing their government for not doing enough to protect their town from attacks by Hamas. Then you find out that the crux of their argument that not enough has been done is the fact that they don't have a laser cannon. Seriously.
- I love the books "Heroes Die" and its sequel "Blade of Tyshalle" by Matthew Stover. One of the main sci-fi concepts of the books just became reality: the "subvocalization" microphone! And it was presented at a conference held by Texas Instruments. Who knew that good ol' TI was still around?!
- And lastly, the Air Force announced their new slogan recently, and many think it is a little too similar to the national anthem of a certain country that we have fought a couple of wars against. Let's make it today's Moment of Zen:
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