Leno on the Stones
> The Rolling Stones are about to go out on tour. Tickets are $100 a piece. But
the good news is -- Medicare will kick in half.
Eric Scheske
Great News!
Bring on the next savage round of meth-fueled bath-house parties!
> Scientists in Australia's tropical north are collecting blood from crocodiles in
the hope of developing a powerful antibiotic for humans, after tests showed that
the reptile's immune system kills the HIV virus.
>
Far Out! Our Whole Country Could be California!
> More than 40 percent of Mexican adults say they would move to the U.S. if they
could, and 1 in 5 say they would do so illegally if necessary, according to
surveys released yesterday by the Pew Hispanic Center.
> Surveys of 1,200 Mexican adults in February
Military and Minors
Parents and others are objecting to military recruiters' access to public high
school students, and they're encouraging families to "opt out" of such
recruitment. Link [http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0818/p11s01-lifp.html].
Excerpt:
> "There's really an effort on the
A Great Divorce?
Tumultuous times in the advertising and media industries. When it all shakes
out, will the blogosphere and other online cottage industries be in the mix?
It's a fascinating time period that we suspect will be analyzed and discussed by
industry experts and, later, historians for many years.
>
Flippin' Dopeheads
Great, because a bunch of dopes can't resist the allure of melting their brains,
the rest of us will suffer:
> Gov. Theodore R. Kulongoski signed legislation on Tuesday that would make Oregon
the first state to require prescriptions for everyday cold and allergy
medications that can be
Another Way to Get Your Warhol Fifteen
> How much would you pay to be immortalized as a zombie in a Stephen King novel or
a good guy in a John Grisham thriller?
> King and Grisham are among 16 authors selling the right to have a character in a
book named for the buyer to raise
Wanted: Beer Drinkers
> Scientists in Singapore have invented a battery powered by urine.
> How It Works
> The battery sandwiches copper, paper laced with copper chloride, and magnesium
between two plastic layers. The "sandwich" is later laminated.
> "When a droplet of human urine is added into the
Maybe Being a Lesbian is Man Enough
From Britain:
> Fertility doctors may no longer be required to consider the welfare of the child
when carrying out in vitro fertilisation.
> Regulations requiring clinicians to take into account "the need of the child for
a father" could be scrapped, making it easier for lesbian couples
We Never Get a Happy Medium
For years, the advertising industry has been using ridiculously-skinny models
and computer enhancements. Now, there's an "everyday woman" trend afoot. Ad
agencies will use heavy women and, apparently, no enhancements. Couldn't we just
get reasonably-attractive women, without the airbrushing or bilimia? Why