. . . and the hugs they send are just such a pale reflection of a real arm.

I am so not doing well.

Well, let's see.  An eyewitness reportedly said Zimmerman was the one crying for help while Martin was on top of him, beating him.  And the reported physical evidence is that Zimmerman had a bloody nose, a cut on the back of his head, and grass stains on his shirt.  Could it possibly be that people who don't have access to the physical evidence and ( Read more... )

The iBooks Author EULA says any file you create with it must be sold through Apple, and not anywhere else.

It is now halfway extracted from its wrapping, and has been repeatedly chewed upon!  And tossed in the air!  And chewed upon again!

"STEEEEEEVE!  LOOOOOOOOK ( Read more... )

22 people are dead and hundreds are hospitalized because an inexpensive food safety technology, first developed sixty years ago and repeatedly proven safe, is discouraged to the point of near-prohibition by government regulations in the EU ( Read more... )

I like mine very, very much, after almost two months (since Christmas!) of near-daily use.

(Prompted to post this by seeing sharrukin 's latest post.)

Just in case you needed a link to impulse-buy one.
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The Republicans will keep the House no matter what ( Read more... )

No, really.  Granting that anthropogenic global warming is a very important, serious problem . . . why is reducing Australia's emissions a major issue in Australian politics?  Australia emitted 1.28% of the world's carbon dioxide in 2007.  Estimates I see are Australian methane and other emissions are equivalent to about half the warming effect of ( Read more... )

Not that I have any objection to the result of the case, but has anybody tried projecting the ban on laws of moral disapproval as a general principle ( Read more... )