Linkery

Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia as world’s leading oil producer.
Face of baby Jesus found in ultrasound.
Las Vegas to end 24 hour operation of its marriage license office. Score one for the sanctity of marriage budget cuts.
Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) talks of the Iraqi “miracle.” Yes, it is rather incredible. With thousands of Americans, ten thousands of Iraqis, and hundreds of billions spent on the adventure, we’re only having a few dozen people being killed in the streets every day. Imagine how things would be if this were only a “normal” operation, without this miraculous success.

Marathon of Hope

I came across the story of Terry Fox, a 22 year old who ran a 3,339 mile fund raiser after losing his right leg to cancer. (Shortly thereafter he died from the disease.)
Whenever I don’t feel like going out to do a few miles, I only need think of stories like this for motivation.

Dear TV News

Great job in your effort to be the first to air unsubstantiated (and ultimately untrue) rumors when that old lady went nuts on a flight yesterday. With the threat of terrorism as far removed from the national consciousness as it is these days, I’m particularly glad that you went against convention and mixed an al Qaeda angle to the story. Lately you’ve neglected your responsibility to remind Americans that someone is about to kill us all.
I also think it’s good that authorities may have finally captured JonBenet Ramsey’s killer. And that’s all I want to know about that.