http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jUNOHxDTQoehoT3FAda6jBvSN4uQD92HVGJG0
WASHINGTON (AP) - Before Julia Child became known to the world as a leading chef, she admitted at least one failing when applying for a job as a spy: impulsiveness ( Read more... )

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http://orwelldiaries.wordpress.com/

They're publishing Orwell's diaries in blog form. Cool since I can subscribe to them and get little bits at a time in the order he wrote them.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/07/BAUH12716R.DTL&tsp=1
"An employer cannot by contract restrain a former employee from engaging in his or her profession, trade or business," said Justice Ming Chin in Thursday's ( Read more... )

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Mission Mission elevates my google maps walking directions from dolores park to williamsburg, brooklyn.

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http://sfist.com/2008/07/24/workers_protest_chain_of_taquerias.php

Workers and community members protest Victor Juarez who owns a chain of taquerias in San Francisco that include Azteca Taqueria, Casa Mexicana 1 & 2, La Fonda, La Tortilla ( Read more... )

Say's a bona-fide astronaut.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24070088-13762,00.html
FORMER NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr Edgar Mitchell - a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - has stunningly claimed aliens exist ( Read more... )

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jrzH-Jhaj9YvQPynhYR034Vu5vSQ

"Thought-provoking: Monkey feeds itself with robotic arm driven by brain impulses"