I am apparently equally (un)knowledgable about Republican and Democratic minutiae. I don’t know what the resolution of their scale is, but they show me squarely in the middle of their spectrum. They give the answers and scoring, but I didn’t have the requisite ambition to find out how my several guesses affected the results.

Maybe there’s more to the story — revenge, perhaps? — or maybe Rumanian urologists don’t get enough training in leaving the frank alone while messing with the beans.

I find it hard to take seriously any claims that we have a legitimate need to keep secret the names of everybody rounded up in the post-11 September foolishness when federal sources are falling all over themselves to reveal what seem to me to be very pertinent details about an ongoing "very sensitive" investigation.

The lovely and talented Ursula points me at Scam o Rama, where you can get the scoop on scammers and (counter-)scamming.

Unfortunately, we probably wouldn’t be able to tour it, but the Adult Swim Factory sounds like a cool place. I guess I’ll have to settle for watching its product, when I remember.
It’s a shame the reviewer is uninformed about things, though: since when does any network (much less Fox) have "24 hours of airtime to fill"? And, of course, he misspells Warner Bros., but so do a lot of folks. And how does this get by fact-checking: "Other networks, noticing the success of Adult Swim, have attempted to usurp its popularity by launching mature-themed programs of their own. Comedy Central jumped into the fray with 2003’s Kid Notorious…" Has he not heard of South Park?

It’s apparently possible to scam 419 scammers, including getting them to do silly things, and even send money(!).

What could be better than a Monty Python musical? A Python musical starring Tim Curry, David Hyde Pierce, and Hank Azaria!

The only citation I can find with a brief look is on the BBC’s Magazine, and it’s the quote of the day, so get it while it’s hot:

"I hope you feel satisfied by that."
–The Queen to Earl Spencer after paying tribute to Diana

Maybe I’m only imagining a certain tone of resentment there.

I got bored before finishing the article, but there could be some interesting findings in research showing that fooling your body by feeding it sweet things with no calories might make you prone to over-eat. Regardless, the most stunning breakthrough is pretty early in the piece: "Based on the research, Davidson and Swithers suggest paying more attention to calories consumed and engaging in regular exercise to battle the bulge."
What? Exercise and monitor caloric intake? Such radicals.

Not that I will miss the original Daleks, but my reading of this story leads me to believe Russell Davies and crew were going to do something cool with them. Too bad. I mean, if anything could do with an update, it would be menacing cyborgs that can’t go down stairs.