When you apply mathematics to personal names through time, you get some interesting parallels to genetics, and maybe insight into memes. The full report is available here.

A candidate for FP’s new slogan comes from the ebook Consumers’ Cooperative Societies in New York State:

“Each for All and All for Each”

No chance of seeing When Harry Met Sally with Alyson Hannigan. And Molly Ringwald just doesn’t have the same, well, anything.

There are a wide assortment of declassified documents from the Hanford project, including many photos, searchable by entering “N1D” in the simple search field. As it turns out, construction photos are timeless.

A Unitarian church in Texas denied tax-exempt status by the state comptroller is the latest in a string of fishy-looking denials: Ethical Culture groups, witches, agnostic groups and new agers are also apparently potential fraudsters. Or not Texan enough? The issue would make a good discussion group topic.

Since you can’t get married at the Church of Elvis anymore (though you may be able to see your friend, Stephanie G. Pierce, at the Portland Saturday Market — which is also open Sundays), why not try Voodoo Doughnut (and wedding chapel)? Earlier, they were a 24-hour operation, but they seem to have cut back to evening-to-morning hours.

In one of the few nutty flash animation things I’ve run into whose quality compares to Joel Veitch‘s creations’, Mr and Mrs Wheatly bring us Pretty Creatures. Sadly, this is really not work-safe.

Today is Fast Fiction Friday on Warren Ellis’ blog.

Hey everybody, next Saturday is Mystical Chant Day! How will you celebrate? Perhaps you could chant along to the Kalevala. Though that might not be what they meant.

I really didn’t want to post anything about Rumsfeld, because I feel that all the comments I would make would be too terribly obvious to anyone with an ounce of sense. So I’ll just let this statement stand on its own, apart from my eyes attempting to roll entirely out of my head.

“Mr Rumsfeld told reporters that, while he was willing for all such pictures to be released, lawyers were advising against it on the grounds that such images could be construed as degrading to the prisoners – and thus be in violation of the Geneva Conventions. “