French navy trails yacht seized by pirates (Reuters)

Kidnapping is mean and everything, but this article had me in hysterics.

( 'We do not have the military capacity to combat pirates' )

The Year of Unnatural Disasters (Yahoo News)

( Well, that's interesting. )

AAAND, the most unworthy headline ever is this: Dining room table losing central status in families.

Sales of dining room furniture have dropped eight percent over the last five years, according to the survey by market research firm Mintel... Traditionally, families in Britain and across the world used the dining table as a meeting point for the ( Read more... )

I didn't think this happened to British people.And while we're at it, I support Judith Miller. Why is everyone jumping on her all of a sudden ( Read more... )

Earthquake kills more than 3,000 in S. Asia [AP Wire]. Special triple-chocolate brownie cake points (a la just_juxtaposed's recipe) go to India for unexpected generosity to their long-time enemies. Let us follow their example.

What I learned today:1) The instantaneous rate of change for any real x-value a in the function f(x)=bx^2 when b is a real number is 2ba ( Read more... )

Mo. governor signs abortion-limiting bill (AP). Grr. I know we've already tired out this exact same issue here, but still. Some pro-lifers don't even pretend to care about women anymore. Grr again.

I do have some good news, though: this sad Remus fic, Salvaged From The Fire, by fairy_tale_echo. S/R, PG maybe ( Read more... )

So, Rehnquist died. Whoa. Let the battle begin, I guess ( Read more... )