Excellent article over at Reason about the REAL ID act and victims of domestic violence:

Hiding From REAL ID - Why honest people might run from a national ID card

Linebacker Junior Seau was asked if he thought wide receivers still were afraid of safety Rodney Harrison when they run routes across the middle.

“Receivers are afraid of Rodney Harrison when they walk across the street,” Seau said.

This is my first time flying JetBlue and I am not impressed. I have been sitting at JFK for three hours waiting for various planes to arrive which they promise they are going to put us on, only to assign it to another flight. It has been three hours at this point and we aren't "scheduled" to leave for another hour and a half. Color me unimpressed ( Read more... )

I am now the proud owner of www.bootbootbootbootbootbootbootbootbootbootboot.com.

It's a boot!

So I'm in town until the third of January , what are all of you up to until then? I'm looking at drishta_ro, incontango, flynngrrl, _asenath_ rynsect, legolink catch_twentytwo and perich in particular, since I haven't seen you guys since I've been back. Well I saw drishta and legolink, but I was in a pretty crappy mood that night so it doesn't count :)

bloodstones tagged me with the 7 things meme. Instead of writing 7 things about myself, here are 7 examples of botched paramilitary raids on innocent civilians that resulted in their deaths.

1. Kathryn JohnstonActing on a tip from a confidential informant, police conduct a no-knock raid on the home of 88 year old Kathryn Johnston ( Read more... )

Greenpeace has apparently "adopted" a whale. They're holding an online poll to name it. Of the 30 suggested names, 29 are lofty-sounding monikers borrowed from various ethnological mythologies, foreign languages, and environmental activists.

The 30th is "Mister Splashy Pants."

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Now that we have reached the midpoint of our NFL season, it's time for me to make my ill-fated predictions as to who will be making the playoffs. deirdre is free to laugh at me ( Read more... )

It's almost Tuesday. Here is your Soviet era Estonian meat commercial. Eat up bitches. Kana!!!!!1!1!!

(disclaimer: Please only look at this link if you are either really high, or totally sober. Kana!!)