Many people were probably not aware of the courthouse shootings here in Atlanta, and the saintly woman who talked the killer down. My favorite exerpt from her story is how she gave Nichols crystal meth (apparently she didn’t have any weed around)

I’d posted this a while back, and a thoughtful person let me know that it will be available soon (maybe).

Just a quick little update on the whole FEMA scapegoate debacle.

Brown blames ‘dysfunctional’ Louisiana

If we were in a country without free speech, you wouldn’t even be able to pay for entertainment like this…

–{ WEATHER WARS by Scott Stevens }–

I was sitting in a cafeteria recently, next to a blonde girl who was engrossed in her newspaper. The headline read: “12 Brazilian Soldiers Killed.” She shook her head at the sad news.

Then, turning to me, asked, “How many is a Brazilian”?

Surprise!
Better information is not always better

Opera is a wonderful web browser (packed with cool features), and now they are giving it away for free (no more add windows). With the growing popularity of Mozilla, the spyware/malware producers are going to start writing programs that target Mozilla specifically, so it might be time to try another browser…

So download Opera, if you haven’t already, and give it a try…

Free Opera Web Browser

Hmmmm, I’d never thought of converting the existing opium fields to production of legal product for sale in the medical industry….

Interesting thought, worthy of grokking.

Ooh… Ooh… me… me… I want it… I want it! ;-)

Preorder your Office Space – Exclusive Gift Set today…

The latest direction of the music industry…

When playing a CD becomes a “privilege,” not a right

Tricks, tips, and how-to’s for bloggers who want to exercise free speech, but are in a country that believes free-speech to not be in a good thing for the general population.
Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents

Let Wal-Mart take over federal emergency management

Strike one for the common man (woman, or hermaphrodite).

Court Nixes Some Ads Sent to Cell Phones

If you think the brain is as cool a toy as I do, you will like this article on the brain and the mechanics of profanity.
Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore

Apparently Photohsop can work wonders for the differently faced.
Traditionally I’ve found that applying beer internally has the same effect.

Must be bizarro day for science news…
US plans first face transplant

Ok this is just wrong on so many levels…
Tongue-eating bug found in fish

Worst Disaster

I wonder if they were commenting on whether the caption appearing is true, or the statement made by the caption is true… ;-)