OK, this shit has gone on long enough and it needs to stop now. I want one person (ONE) to tell me why something like this is acceptable:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/01/03/execution.dna.ap/index.html

We shouldn't even live in a world where a question like the one posed in the headline is even considered.

According to the Washington Post, 7.3 billion (yes, billion with a "B") text messages are sent every month. A year ago it was only 2.9 billion a month.

Moreover 2% of American adults have broken up with someone by sending them a text message, and another 2% have proposed to someone that way. How romantic!

Full story here.

Sorry for everyone who will be working Saturday night:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051226/lf_afp/usnewyeartime

Maybe Colleen Nestler just needs a livejournal:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051221/ap_on_en_tv/letterman_restraining_order

While riding on the bus to Northgate Saturday morning, I saw a church in North Seattle whose readerboard said, "Santa Claus Never Died For Anyone".

If I was a kid and I read that, I'd be mortified!

My favorite headline all morning:

Wikipedia Pretty Accurate

It is nice to know that being "pretty accurate" is all you need for something that bills itself as the world's largest encyclopedia.

I wanted to be the first to say it, but elssah got to LJ first (damn that International Dateline), so anyway...

Happy Birthday bustedacres!!!

Apparently, in New York a "budget hotel" costs around $250 a night. Oy vey!

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/travel/11nyhotels.html

"And there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children...breaking sort of the customs of the -- of -- the historical customs, religious customs. Whether you like it or not...Iraqis should be doing that."

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) on Face the Nation, Dec ( Read more... )

This is the most disgusting thing I've read about all day:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051207/bs_nm/food_cokeblak_dc

Blecch!