Computer Museum
A museum of old computers and video games
[http://www.selectric.org/computer.html]. Kinda neat.
Eric Scheske
Odd Books
A list of eight odd "How-to" books:
How to be Happy Though Married, by "A Graduate in the University of Matrimony"
How to Rob Banks without Violence, by Roderic Knowles
How to Shit in the Woods, by Kathleen Meyer
How to Become a Schizophrenic, by
Dried and Ready for Sale
"A little old lady used to sail it to church on Sundays":
> Unscrupulous dealers have been selling automobiles flooded in Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita as far away as California, the state's insurance commissioner said on
Thursday.
> John Garamendi warned that some dealers and salvage
Niall of the Nine Hostages
I'm always drawn to bits of history that I've never even heard about. This one
rings a bell, barely
[http://shep.wordpress.com/2006/01/18/the-true-father-of-ireland]:
> Research by geneticists at Trinity College Dublin reveals that one in 12
Irishmen are
Sexual Harassment
Susan Ager at the Detroit Free Press laments that sexual harassment is still
the
norm at college campuses
[http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060129/FEATURES01/601290365/1122]
, just as it was thirty years ago when she attended college.
> [A] survey released this week, by the
Something for Sunday Morning
> Give me persons in love: they know what I mean. Give me those who yearn; give me
those who are hungry; give me those far away in this desert, who are thirsty and
sigh for the spring of the eternal country. Give me those kinds of people; they
know
Taliban Coming to Dinner
David Pearson at "Suicide of the West" observes Western ease while Islam keeps
marching forward [http://suicideofthewest.com/?p=71]:
> In the Chicago suburb of Bridgeville, Ill., the fundamentalist leadership of a
local mosque is wildly popular
[http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110007880]. One of the
Existentialist Quitting
Don't think about it. Just quit:
> Putting a lot of thought and planning into quitting smoking may not be the best
route to success, a new study finds.
> In fact, British researchers found that those smokers who spontaneously quit
were much more likely to not resume
I Didn't Know Yale was in France
> It took a decade of student lobbying, but Yale University appears poised to
break with tradition and supply soap for dormitory bathrooms on one of the
oldest campuses in America
[http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/01/27/a_milestone_at_yale_soap_in_dorm_bathrooms/
Wolf Crosses Over?
They say feminist Naomi Wolf is now a Christian
[http://www.sundayherald.com/53663]. Could be. I'm neither convinced nor
skeptical. I'm just waiting to see:
> Today, Wolf seems sharp and incisive . This is no Valley Girl on some
psychobabble trip. But when one of