Curious about that Creation Museum in Kentucky? Here's a review of it by the people at Skeptic Magazine. The brain rot confounds me - "dog kind"? So are these kooks admitting that there was speciation after Noah's Ark if Noah only took representatives of different "kinds" rather than species? Arrgh, brain hurt.

"Junie B. Jones" books use ( Read more... )

Politics:

Disfavor for Bush hits new heights. You know it's bad when they no longer talk about your approval rating dipping and they instead have to invert their descriptors for you.

Congratulations, America! We are now behind India in having a female leader. Bravo, well done! And heartfelt congratulations to Pratibha Patil.

Edwards refuses ( Read more... )

Harry Potter news:

Printing errors reported in new Harry Potter book in America, Australia, New Zealand. Ouch. That's the last thing you want - a worldwide army of pissed off HP fans. I hope for their sake that they can fix this problem right quick.

American newspapers have already spoiled a bunch of fans with book reviews, prompting irate ( Read more... )

PSA: Chili sauce recall expanded to canned meat products.

Politics:

Tonight’s Democratic YouTube debate looks promising.

But here is a somewhat circular gripe on the democracy of the YouTube debate to feed skeptics.

Here is the transcript, and here is a self-congratulatory article by CNN.

Cheney considered VP position a "cruddy job". What a ( Read more... )

* CNN has a pretty webpage meant to help educate you about why Americans are such fat slobs.

* Food warning labels are seen as confusing. No. Shit.

* An interesting commentary on the state of science fiction today.

* Speaking of fiction - British teen loses suit to wear "purity ring" as Christian religious icon. Next thing you know, they'll be ( Read more... )

Office space: all the perks of the office without the grind.

Debate begins on whether to ban trans-fats in Snohomish County. Personally, I recognize that the ban is a little extreme and would be happy if all trans-fats are labeled and the information made readily available to consumers (ie: in-restaurant information, not just online resources). ( Read more... )

Yeah, I've been AFLJ for a while, but I'm going to make an effort to keep up on news updates (since I get some time to read news at work), and try to balance my newly energized social life with LJ more. I'll try...

So here's the news:

I am still highly amused by the outing of Sen. David Vitter as a naughty little john and indulge in a fit of ( Read more... )

Roasting in Hell’s Kitchen: temper tantrums, the F-word, and the pursuit of perfection by Gordon Ramsay ( Read more... )

OMGZ! My bf is cheating on me. How do I crack his cellphone password?

Utterly wonderful stupis. Vintage stupis.

If you maintain a community, watch out for aliheuw. Word on the street is that they are a sockpuppet that posts child porn pictures and links to various communities. I don't see them as a member of any comms at the moment.