HOMELAND SECURITY DEPT.
Avril Lavigne, Watch Your Back!
Orin Kerr speculates on possible pre-election attacks on America by Al Qaeda: I think it’s somewhat less likely than it used to be that Al Qaeda would try attacks focused on killing lots of people or destroying symbolic targets. The U.S. response to 9/11 taught that the U.S. isn’t going to back off its policies… Read more
ART DEPT.
Tom Swift, Jr: An Appreciation
I stumbled onto Jeff Duntemann’s “Tom Swift, Jr: An Appreciation” and it really brought back the memories. I remember looking over the shelves of yellow-spined books at Bargaintown (which turned into Toy’R’Us at some point), studying the covers to choose which one to read next. I was born in 1964, so the timing worked out… Read more
OPERATIONS DEPT.
Under Construction
Converting from Blogger to Movable Type. Very busy… Read more
WEIRDNESS DEPT.
Great Moments in Data Mining
So there I was at drugstore.com looking for nose-hair trimmers. I found the “Conair Ultimate Nose & Ear Hair Trimmer” which is described as having a pivoting head for “hard to reach and delicate areas.” While pondering what that meant, I noticed that the “Customers who bought this product also bought” list consists of K-Y… Read more
BIOETHICS DEPT.
Can I Have That In Writing?
In Best of the Web Today for October 28, James Taranto quotes from a Larry King interview with Michael Schiavo, who is trying to get the hospital to stop feeding his wife Terri, who is in a vegetative state, so that she will die: Schiavo: […] This is Terri’s wish. This is Terri’s choice. King:… Read more
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