The verdict is in: Don’t piss off Microsoft.

Large-brained ex-Python Terry Jones wants to preemptively defend himself against his neighbors, under the Bush “Doctrine.”

More loyal reader contributions for the knittingly inclined: Knitter’s Review, Knitty, and Dangerous Chunky.

I googled my cousin-in-law the other day, and ran across this mp3 of one of her songs. Perhaps because I have trouble writing anything that’s not transparently autobiographical, it strikes me as an interesting choice of theme for somebody who to all appearances is blissfully married.

Brought to my attention by a loyal reader: People don’t pay attention. 17% of Americans surveyed knew that none of the hijackers was Iraqi, while 44% believed some or most of them were.

“The lion is a deadly, wild beast. Hey, why don’t you stick your hand in her mouth?” Lots of good quotes in this one. I think my favorite right now is “The limb was not recovered because other lions pounced on it.”

Apologies to both our loyal readers for the lack of new content lately. Family illness and a slow news season have interfered with keeping up. Speaking of the State of the Union et al., I wonder (he asked, semi-rhetorically) if people actually in the nuclear industry are any more or less likely to mispronounce “nuclear.” Based on my observations (including the Bush dynasty), people associated with the CIA are far more likely to say “nucular” and do not take well to correction (no, I’ve never tried to correct a Bush).

Note: The first bush article linked above indicates that Bush Sr did not mispronounce “nuclear.” I thought I remembered otherwise, but could well be mistaken.

So, of course, on the night that there’s an internet-wide (as far as I’ve heard) Denial of Service attack underway, I have the midnight to eight on-call shift. Yawn.

Apparently, extremely dire things are happening in Hong Kong. This is from my usual source of things that leave me speechless. Check out the schematics, though.

Noted futurist Dan Bern will no doubt be pleased to see that his prediction is coming true. As soon as they realize that putting barcodes on babies isn’t early enough to prevent all mix-ups, I have no doubt they’ll start putting them on fetuses in utero.